The Reluctant Dragon is an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame (originally published as a chapter in his book Dream Days), which served as the key element to the 1941 feature film with the same name from Walt Disney Productions. The story has also been set to music as a children's operetta by John Rutter, with words by David Grant. The story takes place in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire (where the author lived and where, according to legend, St George did fight a dragon). It is Grahame's most famous short story. It is arguably much more well-known than Dream Days itself or the related The Golden Age. It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympathetic character rather than a threat.
In Grahame's story, a young boy discovers an erudite, mushroom-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. The two become friends, but soon afterwards the dragon is discovered by the townsfolk, who send for St George to rid them of it.
The Reluctant Dragon is an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame (originally published as a chapter in his book Dream Days), which served as the key element to the 1941 feature film with the same name from Walt Disney Productions. The story has also been set to music as a children's operetta by John Rutter, with words by David Grant. The story takes place in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire (where the author lived and where, according to legend, St George did fight a dragon). It is Grahame's most famous short story. It is arguably much more well-known than Dream Days itself or the related The Golden Age. It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympathetic character rather than a threat.
In Grahame's story, a young boy discovers an erudite, mushroom-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. The two become friends, but soon afterwards the dragon is discovered by the townsfolk, who send for St George to rid them of it.
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Kenneth Grahame, född 8 mars 1859 i Edinburgh, Skottland, död 6 juli 1932 i Pangbourne, Berkshire, var en brittisk författare, mest känd för den världsberömda barnboksklassikern Det susar i säven (The Wind in the Willows) från 1908, med klassiska illustrationer av Arthur Rackham.
Grahame arbetade först som banktjänsteman i många år innan han började ägna sig på heltid åt skrivandet. Han slog sig ner vid den lilla staden Pangbourne vid Themsens strand. Omgivningarna gav honom inspiration till det liv och de äventyr som den osäkre men nyfikne Mullvaden, den rättrådige Råttan, den barske Grävlingen och den skrytsamme Paddan får uppleva i boken.
Grahame skrev också barndomsskildringar för vuxna, The Golden Age (1894) och Dream Days (1899), som blev mycket uppskattade.
