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Summary: classic
Review: a good book which captured many themes which survive on even today... for the modern equivilant of stalky&co, have a look at shawson&co at www.shawson.co.uk - well worth a look in!
Rating:
Summary: classic
Review: a good book which captured many themes which survive on even today... for the modern equivilant of stalky&co, have a look at shawson&co at www.shawson.co.uk - well worth a look in!
Rating:
Summary: classic
Review: a good book which captured many themes which survive on even today... for the modern equivilant of stalky&co, have a look at shawson&co at www.shawson.co.uk - well worth a look in!
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Summary: Dated and awkward
Review: I will admit I only bought this book because E. Nesbit's Wouldbegoods are always talking about it and I wanted to find the things that influenced Nesbit. I can't get past page 10 of this thing. The language is very dated, English schoolboy slang, and I can't figure out half of what they are saying. It's not interesting enough to keep me trying to read it.
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Summary: Dated and awkward
Review: I will admit I only bought this book because E. Nesbit's Wouldbegoods are always talking about it and I wanted to find the things that influenced Nesbit. I can't get past page 10 of this thing. The language is very dated, English schoolboy slang, and I can't figure out half of what they are saying. It's not interesting enough to keep me trying to read it.
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Summary: Do you still chuckle about your high-school pranks?
Review: Then this book is for you. This coming-of-age story relates the adventures of three mischievous boys at an English public school. Each chapter describes one of their pranks, which are ingenious and hysterical. They are pursued by the faculty with little success, but when caught they are creatively punished by the wise Headmaster. Without appearing to do so, Kipling paints a vivid and intimate portait of these pranksters. This book is founded on Kipling's memories of his boyhood friends, and by the last chapter they will be your friends too. I read this book about once a year, and enjoy it more each time.
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Summary: Stalky & Co.
Review: This is my absolute favorite book of all time. Not only is the story brilliant - Stalky & Co. repeatedly outwitting their elders and peers in creative and innovative ways - but the language is pure gold. The book is chocked full of delightful gems of British schoolboy slang, from giglamps to fags to brollies - and the teachers' vocabulary is spectacular. Say what you like about Kipling, but this book is magnificent.
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Summary: Three boys' lives at a British school in the 19th century.
Review: This is one of the few books I chose to take with me when I left the country for a two year stint at teaching English in Japan. It is the same book as "Stalky & Co." except it includes five stories and four poems that are not to be found in the other version. It is Kipling's amazing talent for re-creating the spoken dialect of a people that makes this book such a tour-de-force. In "The Complete Stalky & Co.," he aimes that ear at the 19th century British schoolboy, and re-creates for us the long-vanished world responsible for the formation of the men that populate his other novels - the British private school. The story is of three young friends at war with their teachers, a conflict which is kept in check only by the wisdom and experience of the headmaster. Although the stories are for the most part humorous, they clearly show Kipling's perspective on the maxim of 'as the twig is bent, so goes the tree, and as the novel is partly autobiographical it is interesting as an insight into Kipling's development as well as a story in its own right.
Although "The Complete Stalky & Co." is considered by many to be a book for children, the plotting, dialect work, and occasional adult references set it apart as a rare story that may be about children but perhaps is not intended for children.
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Summary: The Complete Stalky & Co.
Review: This is one of the most enjoyable books that I have ever read. I have to order a new copy because the old one is falling apart from overuse. The book has been read by every member of the family, from my grandfather to nieces and nephews.
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Summary: The Complete Stalky & Co.
Review: This is one of the most enjoyable books that I have ever read. I have to order a new copy because the old one is falling apart from overuse. The book has been read by every member of the family, from my grandfather to nieces and nephews.
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