One does wonder how seventy some years can go by and such as this has not been heard or seen or recommended before. This is tender beyond belief! You’ve got the groove of this century - the REAL pulse.🙏❤️
@@ClassicGhost , it is in the surprise of it, and the feel of childhood suffusing its pages, which interested me, and it has opened a new door for my delight! Lucky us!
This has to be your best diversion! After years it's so nice to find someone else who appreciates this lovely piece. This and the chapter where Mole rediscovers his old home on the way back from the Wild Wood are my favorites. This one gets read on Midsummer's Eve and the other for Yul.
I can't tell you how pleased I was to see this title amongst your videos. When I was a young woman in the 70s my parents were doing a spot of babysitting and invited me along. I'd borrowed dad's copy of The Wind in the Willows so I took that with me and whilst there finished this chapter. I was so entranced that I insisted on reading it aloud to mom and dad; I think we all ended up with tears in our eyes, lol. The most evocative and beautiful thing I've ever read. I inherited the book when my dad died and eventually gave it to my son when he was old enough. Since he left home - and left so much stuff - I've been searching for the book to read again, but sadly his old bedroom is one of those places where things disappear! Anyway, I so thoroughly enjoyed lidtening to your rendition...with lots of tears before bedtime, lol! Thank you. :)
Lovely, just lovely. Thank you Tony; I had never known of this beautiful passage. For me it's a beautiful description of something we know is there somewhere and maybe some of us were lucky enough to glimpse it once. Fabulous foley work too! 🌅🐀🦌🕸🐌🕷🦆🐝🦇🦉🐛🦆🐸🦎🐇🐿🌼🌸☘️🌳🌿🌱
It's a lovely book. It has real magic. I will try to find some others. There is the beginning of the Narnia story but it's heavily in copyright I think.
This has always been one of my favourite parts of this wonderful book, although many versions leave it out! This is so incredibly well written, so beautifully written it’s magical. Thank you very much for including it in your great channel!
I have a beautiful HC copy of this wonderful book w/color illustrations & this chapter is in it! I've heard some copies omit this chapter. For a while I misplaced it & was highly upset w/myself; imagine my delight when I located it ...there all along in my bookcase. The book title is in gold on white so it is easy to not see it in amongest the other books; that was part of the problem. I luv my copy but that color combination was not the best to use on display w/its spine facing outward. Its title is almost invisible on the spine b/c it's too shiny.📗📖🛶💐🌼🌷🌿🌳🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🌫🌫🌫🌈🌹🦢🐦🦋🛶
May be of interest to some... In late Victorian and early Edwardian times in the UK, for some mysterious reason, there was a great deal of interest in the god Pan. "Evidence of this oddity was first uncovered by Helen H. Law in 1955, with the publication of her extensive bibliography of Greek myths cited in English poetry since Shakespeare. In that bibliography, Law lists 106 citations attributed to Pan, with the next nearest total attributed to Helen at 63 citations and to Orpheus at 61. Studying this list of citations in terms of date of authorship, however, points up an even odder anomaly, namely that nearly a third of the citations to Pan were for works written between 1895 and 1918." Quote from: Richard Stromer, An Odd Sort of God for the British: Exploring the Appearance of Pan in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature
"Analysis: Chapter 7 is one of the most misunderstood chapters in The Wind in the Willows, and is often excluded from newer editions of the novel. And yet while it is a stylistic deviation from the broader, more care-free jaunts of other chapters, it does align with the novel's overall themes. For the most part, Grahame depicts the Greek demigod Pan quite closely to his classical archetype. Pan is a protector of forest creatures, and a graceful faun with curving horns, who plays a pan flute. He also has the power to manipulate minds, making the animals forget what they saw. In Grahame’s description (as well as in the song that Rat remembers), Pan knows that seeing a demigod can have lasting effects on mortal creatures. Because his presence is so powerful, he changes the animals’ memory so that their subsequent lives are not overshadowed by this chance meeting. All in all, he is a benevolent creature who cares deeply for the safety of animals. In this way, he is a personification of nature, which is naturally kind but also carries dangers. It is too powerful to be easily understood or controlled, and those who benefit most from it are those subservient to its power (unlike humans, who tend to think they can control nature). In this way, Pan offers another articulation of Grahame's ideas on nature, which he communicates in various ways throughout the novel. Grahame takes this understanding of Pan straight from classical literature. As early as in Aesop’s fables, fauns help those that are lost in the woods. The most famous instance comes from “The Satyr and the Traveller,” wherein a faun takes pity on a man who is wandering through the forest during the winter. The faun invites the man to his house, and offers him food and drink to bolster his strength. In the fable, the man confuses the faun, and the faun sees the man’s contradictory words as a blight to his hospitality. Offended, he throws the man out. The idea is clear: nature can help us if we act as its guest. It wants to help us, to tie us to our natural strength, but we must admit that it is more powerful than we are, lest it otherwise defeat us. This chapter also provides more insight into Rat’s character. He and Mole both feel compelled to search for Portly, which is unsurprising considering their kindness. However, it is telling that Rat first hears Pan's song, and that he is the one capable of recalling its lyrics. To some extent, this is merely a reflection of Rat's interest in poetry - nearly every chapter features him working on a song or poem. A more poignant explanation, however, lies in his connection to nature. He has always been more attuned to the power of the natural world - this is largely what draws Mole to him - and thus is he able to recognize Pan's presence more quickly. Rat’s sensitivity to Pan’s music can also be traced by to a tale originating in 14th century Germany: the tale of the Pied Piper. In this story, the Pied Piper uses his pan flute music to lure rats away from a city. When he is later insulted by the town, he uses his music to lure away its children as punishment. Grahame often makes allusions like this, to other children's stories, in order to make the work more literary and more educational for readers. While the stories do not present perfect parallels, the connections help to underscore Grahame's point: we must consider ourselves subservient to the power of nature (or music/art), lest it otherwise wield its superiority over us. Ultimately, Chapter 7 is indeed a departure from the form of the rest of the novel, but it aligns quite closely with Grahame's interests at other points of the story." www.gradesaver.com/the-wind-in-the-willows/study-guide/summary-chapters-7-and-8
Thank you so much for this. I love listening to your collection of ghost stories but this one took me by surprise when it popped up in my recommendations. A sparkling gem of a piece of writing - read by someone who has become one of my favourite narrators. Listening to it brought to mind a short story by EM Forster - The Story of a Panic. Do you know know that one? it struck me as the sort of the you'd do well. Anyhow - this has made my morning and I will definitely be listening to it over and over :)
@@rayswoop4947 Indeed it does, The title refers to the etymology of the word panic, from the Greek "panikon" - "relating to Pan." Its included in collections of Forster's short stories but you should be able to find it easily enough online. :)
I have to say my experience of this story has been very different. I read it as a kid. It scared the hell out of me and not in a fun way. I didn’t want to read it any more.
If you liked this, why not listen to The Midnight Folk? ruclips.net/video/mEl86kXAhS4/видео.html
I have never heard night pass and the sun return so beautifully.
One does wonder how seventy some years can go by and such as this has not been heard or seen or recommended before. This is tender beyond belief! You’ve got the groove of this century - the REAL pulse.🙏❤️
Isn't it lovely?
@@ClassicGhost , it is in the surprise of it, and the feel of childhood suffusing its pages, which interested me, and it has opened a new door for my delight! Lucky us!
This has to be your best diversion! After years it's so nice to find someone else who appreciates this lovely piece. This and the chapter where Mole rediscovers his old home on the way back from the Wild Wood are my favorites. This one gets read on Midsummer's Eve and the other for Yul.
I love it too. I’ll do the winter one later on in the year
❤@@ClassicGhost
Ever so magical. Blackwood had his "The Touch of Pan" but I'd no knowledge of this lovely thing. Moving.
I love those type of Authors that write of ye olde heathen gods 😁
Soundtrack is prefect Tony Walker...Thank you so much for this. I will share this one also.
This is one of the best books ever written.
I was expecting a ghost story but got this magical gift instead.
Yes. Sometimes I can’t help doing something else
Thank you for reminding me of this beautiful, spiritual piece of writing. You read it perfectly.
I can't tell you how pleased I was to see this title amongst your videos. When I was a young woman in the 70s my parents were doing a spot of babysitting and invited me along. I'd borrowed dad's copy of The Wind in the Willows so I took that with me and whilst there finished this chapter. I was so entranced that I insisted on reading it aloud to mom and dad; I think we all ended up with tears in our eyes, lol. The most evocative and beautiful thing I've ever read. I inherited the book when my dad died and eventually gave it to my son when he was old enough. Since he left home - and left so much stuff - I've been searching for the book to read again, but sadly his old bedroom is one of those places where things disappear! Anyway, I so thoroughly enjoyed lidtening to your rendition...with lots of tears before bedtime, lol! Thank you. :)
I love this chapter very much
What a wonderful story to listen to while rain is falling outside. Thanks so much.
Lovely, just lovely.
Thank you Tony; I had never known of this beautiful passage.
For me it's a beautiful description of something we know is there somewhere and maybe some of us were lucky enough to glimpse it once.
Fabulous foley work too!
🌅🐀🦌🕸🐌🕷🦆🐝🦇🦉🐛🦆🐸🦎🐇🐿🌼🌸☘️🌳🌿🌱
:) glad you appreciated the river ! Yes it’s a beautiful piece
I didn’t want it to end. Makes me want to read the book again. And you, Mr Walker, you don’t surprise me anymore, but you do continually amaze me.
It's a lovely book. It has real magic. I will try to find some others. There is the beginning of the Narnia story but it's heavily in copyright I think.
Is this chapter, as another listener mentioned, sometimes omitted from the book?!😳
I love this so much!🌈💚🍄🌲🌌
Thank you so much. I like the stories you read, but I especially like this one.
Like meeting up with with an old friend, read to me so many years ago, Beautiful presentation. Thank you.
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL
A passage I have loved since
childhood. Magical. Thank you, Tony.
wonderful = thanks
Wow, thanks! Now I know where Pink Floyd got the name for their first album. It's easy to see why Syd loved this 💖
Yes indeed. Syd's favourite story apparently. I really like that album too. That's a cat I can't explain.
This has always been one of my favourite parts of this wonderful book, although many versions leave it out! This is so incredibly well written, so beautifully written it’s magical. Thank you very much for including it in your great channel!
Love this book and this chapter heading is the best. Really enjoyable listening to you, thanks.
I have to listen to the Wind in the Willows every summer! I'm so delighted to find this chapter here. 💗
Agree, Pan or Woden or the Woodwose symbolize nature to me & w/out earth where are we?
I love stuff like this that have ye olde heathen gods 😁👌
Listening to this for the second time. There will be a third, as well, I’m sure. Thank you, indeed, Mr Walker!
I love this story
One of my favorite chapters of The Wind in the Willows!
Glad you found it
I have a beautiful HC copy of this wonderful book w/color illustrations & this chapter is in it! I've heard some copies omit this chapter. For a while I misplaced it & was highly upset w/myself; imagine my delight when I located it ...there all along in my bookcase. The book title is in gold on white so it is easy to not see it in amongest the other books; that was part of the problem. I luv my copy but that color combination was not the best to use on display w/its spine facing outward. Its title is almost invisible on the spine b/c it's too shiny.📗📖🛶💐🌼🌷🌿🌳🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🌫🌫🌫🌈🌹🦢🐦🦋🛶
So whimsical and unexpected. Lovely telling.
Thanks, Sir Tony, for this little gem. ❤️
Such a lovely story! ❤ I really enjoy the birdsong a rippling of water. ❤❤
How perfectly PERFECT. Thank you!
Well done!
Beautiful narration of a wonderful story.
As always, fantastic job!
Thank you :)
Beautiful! SuperNATURAL🦦🐀🦡🦉
🌬💨🎍🎶🎵🎶☘️🍄🪵🌳🌲🍃🌳
Many thanks!
Gracias
Thank you.
I think that you sound like the Simon Stanhope and that is high praise coming from me 🙂❤️
He has a nice voice
May be of interest to some...
In late Victorian and early Edwardian times in the UK, for some mysterious reason, there was a great deal of interest in the god Pan.
"Evidence of this oddity was first uncovered by Helen H. Law in 1955, with the publication of her extensive bibliography of Greek myths cited in English poetry since Shakespeare. In that bibliography, Law lists 106 citations attributed to Pan, with the next nearest total attributed to Helen at 63 citations and to Orpheus at 61. Studying this list of citations in terms of date of authorship, however, points up an even odder anomaly, namely that nearly a third of the citations to Pan were for works written between 1895 and 1918."
Quote from:
Richard Stromer, An Odd Sort of God for the British: Exploring the Appearance of Pan in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature
"Analysis:
Chapter 7 is one of the most misunderstood chapters in The Wind in the Willows, and is often excluded from newer editions of the novel. And yet while it is a stylistic deviation from the broader, more care-free jaunts of other chapters, it does align with the novel's overall themes.
For the most part, Grahame depicts the Greek demigod Pan quite closely to his classical archetype. Pan is a protector of forest creatures, and a graceful faun with curving horns, who plays a pan flute. He also has the power to manipulate minds, making the animals forget what they saw. In Grahame’s description (as well as in the song that Rat remembers), Pan knows that seeing a demigod can have lasting effects on mortal creatures. Because his presence is so powerful, he changes the animals’ memory so that their subsequent lives are not overshadowed by this chance meeting. All in all, he is a benevolent creature who cares deeply for the safety of animals.
In this way, he is a personification of nature, which is naturally kind but also carries dangers. It is too powerful to be easily understood or controlled, and those who benefit most from it are those subservient to its power (unlike humans, who tend to think they can control nature). In this way, Pan offers another articulation of Grahame's ideas on nature, which he communicates in various ways throughout the novel.
Grahame takes this understanding of Pan straight from classical literature. As early as in Aesop’s fables, fauns help those that are lost in the woods. The most famous instance comes from “The Satyr and the Traveller,” wherein a faun takes pity on a man who is wandering through the forest during the winter. The faun invites the man to his house, and offers him food and drink to bolster his strength. In the fable, the man confuses the faun, and the faun sees the man’s contradictory words as a blight to his hospitality. Offended, he throws the man out. The idea is clear: nature can help us if we act as its guest. It wants to help us, to tie us to our natural strength, but we must admit that it is more powerful than we are, lest it otherwise defeat us.
This chapter also provides more insight into Rat’s character. He and Mole both feel compelled to search for Portly, which is unsurprising considering their kindness. However, it is telling that Rat first hears Pan's song, and that he is the one capable of recalling its lyrics. To some extent, this is merely a reflection of Rat's interest in poetry - nearly every chapter features him working on a song or poem. A more poignant explanation, however, lies in his connection to nature. He has always been more attuned to the power of the natural world - this is largely what draws Mole to him - and thus is he able to recognize Pan's presence more quickly.
Rat’s sensitivity to Pan’s music can also be traced by to a tale originating in 14th century Germany: the tale of the Pied Piper. In this story, the Pied Piper uses his pan flute music to lure rats away from a city. When he is later insulted by the town, he uses his music to lure away its children as punishment. Grahame often makes allusions like this, to other children's stories, in order to make the work more literary and more educational for readers. While the stories do not present perfect parallels, the connections help to underscore Grahame's point: we must consider ourselves subservient to the power of nature (or music/art), lest it otherwise wield its superiority over us. Ultimately, Chapter 7 is indeed a departure from the form of the rest of the novel, but it aligns quite closely with Grahame's interests at other points of the story."
www.gradesaver.com/the-wind-in-the-willows/study-guide/summary-chapters-7-and-8
Thank you for this description for us still learning new everyday the WONDER of story telling to share the human & OTHER WORLDLY EXPERIENCE!❤
@@evelanpatton ♥
Ahhh.... .awe
Isn't it lovely?
Thank you so much for this. I love listening to your collection of ghost stories but this one took me by surprise when it popped up in my recommendations. A sparkling gem of a piece of writing - read by someone who has become one of my favourite narrators. Listening to it brought to mind a short story by EM Forster - The Story of a Panic. Do you know know that one? it struck me as the sort of the you'd do well. Anyhow - this has made my morning and I will definitely be listening to it over and over :)
Glad you enjoyed it! Im not familiar with that EM Forster story. I will look it up
I want to look it up too, does it involve Pan?
@@rayswoop4947 Indeed it does, The title refers to the etymology of the word panic, from the Greek "panikon" - "relating to Pan." Its included in collections of Forster's short stories but you should be able to find it easily enough online. :)
@@MABB133 thanks so much
Lord of the groves
Golly...I feel as though I know, now, what a faun looks like.
Watch out for the fauns
Thanks!
Thank you Jennifer. I love this story
I have to say my experience of this story has been very different. I read it as a kid. It scared the hell out of me and not in a fun way. I didn’t want to read it any more.
Did you listen to it now? How was it?
Tony what is this haunting music please?
it's free music I got with RUclips. I'm not sure what it is now
The title sounds like an H. P. Lovecraft story.
To me it's the name of the First Pink Floyd album 🎵😎