The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is 59,545 words — about 3h 58m at 250 words per minute, across 12 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it here.
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The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his…
Details
- AuthorKenneth Grahame
- SourceProject Gutenberg #289
- Length59,545 words · 3h 58m of reading
- Chapters12
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
12 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01I. THE RIVER BANK
- 02II. THE OPEN ROAD
- 03III. THE WILD WOOD
- 04IV. MR. BADGER
- 05V. DULCE DOMUM
- 06CAROL
- 07VI. MR. TOAD
- 08VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
- 09VIII. TOAD’S ADVENTURES
- 10IX. WAYFARERS ALL
- 11X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD
- 12XII. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES
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