The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) that he has changed for better. However, it is implied that, as with all his previous interests, he will somehow take his newfound interest in philanthropy too far. The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1987 American animated musical television film directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. It is an adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame. Set in a pastoral version of England, the film focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters (Moley, Ratty, Mr. Toad, and Mr. Badger) and contains themes of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie.
David Lindsay (novelist) and deep revision of "A Voyage to Arcturus". Bloom, however, has conceded that his late-comer imitation is overwhelmed by Lindsay's great original. David Lindsay (novelist) David Lindsay (3 March 1876 – 16 July 1945) was a British author now best remembered for the philosophical science fiction novel "A Voyage to Arcturus" (1920). Lindsay was born into a middle-class Scottish Calvinist family in London, and was brought up partly in Jedburgh, where he had family background. He was educated at Colfe's School, Lewisham, and won a scholarship to university, but for financial reasons went into business, becoming an insurance clerk at