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Secrets had an immense attraction to him, because he never could keep one, and he… — Kenneth Grahame

Novel · Children's literature

Secrets had an immense attraction to him, because he never could keep one, and he enjoyed the sort of unhallowed thrill he experienced when he went and told another animal, after having faithfully promised not to.

Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows · 1908
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Secrets
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Children's literature
Medium
Novel
Time
1908
Person
Kenneth Grahame
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Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Barnes & Noble, 2013, ch. 11.
Original citation
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1908, ch. 11.

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