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The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding—remembered forever by the incomparable Ray Bradbury.
Dandelion Wine is unique amongst the works of the popular author Ray Bradbury, in that it provides us with perhaps the clearest insight into the thoughts and feelings of the author. The book was published in 1957, perhaps over twenty years after the era which it is about, thus providing an inevitable theme of nostalgia throughout the book. The principal character, Douglas Spalding, and his brother Tom, encounter a series of adventures which are described in a crafted and distinguished manner to provide a philosophical tone throughout the book. The narrative is enriched by the experiences of individuals such as Leo Auffman, who attempts (unsuccessfully) to construct a 'Happiness machine'. Overall, the book provides a nostalgic sense of childhood and an understanding of the beauty of the world and all its features; in this way, it appears to be Bradbury himself reminiscing on his past. Douglas has similar traits to those Bradbury has later in life identified in himself, strengthening this interpretation.
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Dandelion Wine
January 5, 2007, Blackstone Audio Inc.
CD-ROM
in English
- Unabridged edition
0786173505 9780786173501
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Dandelion Wine
January 1, 2007, Blackstone Audio Inc.
Audio CD
in English
- Unabridged edition
0786165820 9780786165827
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Dandelion Wine
January 2007, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio CD
in English
- Unabridged edition
0786158492 9780786158492
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Dandelion Wine
January 1, 2007, Blackstone Audio Inc.
Audio Cassette
in English
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0786147148 9780786147144
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Dandelion Wine
Jan 01, 2001, HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Voyager
paperback
0007284748 9780007284740
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Dandelion Wine
2000, Simon & Schuster Ltd
Paperback
in English
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0671037706 9780671037703
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Dandelion Wine
1999?, Spectra/Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
0553277537 9780553277531
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Dandelion Wine
December 1999, G. K. Hall & Company
Hardcover
in English
- Largeprint edition
0783888171 9780783888170
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El Vino Del Estio/Dandelion Wine
March 1986, Minotauro
Hardcover
in Spanish
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Dandelion Wine
1976-01, Econo-Clad Books
School & Library Binding
in English
0808520717 9780808520719
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Dandelion wine: With a new introduction by the author
1975, Bantam Books
Unknown Binding
in English
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Dandelion wine: a novel
1975, Knopf : distributed by Random House
in English
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