Stalky Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It was first published in (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine). Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters/5(19). *** STALKY CO () is a hugely successful fictional re-creation of Rudyard Kipling's half dozen years as a boarder at the United Services College on the seacoast of North Devon at Westward Ho! In the novel, Kipling is "Beetle," a disheveled, near-sighted poet, editor of the school newspaper, one of three inseparables which includes Irish aristocrat M'Turk and team leader Stalky. stalky co. By Rudyard Kipling “Let us now praise famous men”— Men of little showing— For their work continueth, And their work continueth, Greater than their knowing.
*** STALKY CO () is a hugely successful fictional re-creation of Rudyard Kipling's half dozen years as a boarder at the United Services College on the seacoast of North Devon at Westward Ho! In the novel, Kipling is "Beetle," a disheveled, near-sighted poet, editor of the school newspaper, one of three inseparables which includes Irish. by Kipling, Rudyard. This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. Independently published, Paperback. Acceptable. in x in x in. Vintage Doubleday PRess blue cloth hardcover, no jacket, has cover wear and some page tears. Stalky and Co. is, at times, poignant in its realistic portrayal of boys negotiating manhood, and hilarious in its illustration of their relentless attempts to beat the system, even in the face of creative punishment and a savvy housemaster. Listeners of all ages will delight in this tale of ingenious schemes and rebellious antics.
Kipling, Rudyard, Title: Stalky Co. Alternate Title: Stalky and Company Contents: In ambush -- Slaves of the lamp, pt. I -- An unsavory interlude -- The impressionists -- The moral reformers -- A little prep -- The flag of their country -- The last term -- Slaves of the lamp, pt. II. Language: English: LoC Class. Although Kipling’s novel reads more as a rag-tag collection of short stories than a novel, Kipling gives proper narrative shape to his quasi-autobiographical tales about a band of three young men attending a preparatory high school in England by concluding Stalky and Co. with a final tale about the young men all grown up. Though the narrative structure could be read in one way as a sort of “boys-to-men” tale, in the course of which boys use the wild and “fanciful” escapades of. The Complete Stalky and Co. KIPLING, [Joseph] Rudyard () Published by London: Macmillan and Co., , Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom. Contact seller. Association Member: ABA ILAB PBFA. Seller Rating: First Edition.
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