![]() ![]() Around this time, he brews dandelion wine with his grandfather and Tom, his ten-year-old brother. It is well known for developing a sense of youthful wonder about the simple joys of growing up in small-town American life.Īt the beginning of the summer of 1928, Douglas has a sudden epiphany about the preciousness and beauty of life, perceiving the world as if it were brand new. Highly nostalgic in style, the story is loosely based on Bradbury’s own childhood. The story follows Douglas Spaulding, a twelve-year-old boy who lives in Waukegan, Illinois, known colloquially as “Green Town.” The title is a reference to a wine made out of dandelion petals, which Spaulding’s grandfather brews while relating it to a metaphor for the process of packing the essence of summer into a bottle. Dandelion Wine (1957) is a coming-of-age novel by Ray Bradbury, best known as one of the fathers of speculative fiction. ![]()
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