The Reluctant Dragon (short story)

"The Reluctant Dragon" is an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame, originally published as a chapter in his book Dream Days. It is Grahame's most famous short story, arguably better known than Dream Days itself or the related 1895 collection The Golden Age.[1] It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympathetic character rather than a threat.[2]

  1. ^ Sale, Roger (1978). Fairy Tales and After. Harvard University Press. pp. 167. ISBN 0-674-29157-3.
  2. ^ Blount, Margaret (1974). Animal Land: The Creatures of Children's Fiction. New York: William Morrow & Company. p. 117. ISBN 0-688-00272-2.