Ebook {Epub PDF} Stalky and Co. by Rudyard Kipling

*** 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 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. Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Full leather. This is a beautifully preserved copy of the leather-bound "Pocket Edition" of The book measures 7 x inches, bound in dark red leather with blind rule borders on both covers, a gilt elephant illustration on the front cover, extensive gilt. ‎This small collection puts together stories by Kipling that feature the characters from Stalky Co. but which for some reason were not included in the book Stalky Co. Of these the more interesting is the first, "Stalky", which introduces the characters and is full of the humour and understanding. 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.

A collection of school stories whose juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority, Kipling's The Complete Stalky Co. contains such stories as The Unsavory Interlude, Regulus, A Translation, A Little Prep, The Last Term, and The Flag Of Their Country. *** 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. Stalky Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of school stories whose juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority. It was first published in (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine).