The Complete Stalky and Co. (Oxford World's Classics)
by Rudyard Kipling
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Author: Rudyard KiplingEditor: Isabel Quigly
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-24
ISBN: 0192838598
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: "Come forth, my inky buffoon, from behind yonder instrument of music!"
Summary: 5 Stars
Stalky and Co is the story of three boys in a private British school, which is a lot like saying that The Lord of the Rings is about four Hobbits who go out walking. I've lost count of the number of times I've read this hilarious, madcap, brilliant book, and this would easily make my Desert Island Top 10 list without a moments' hesitation.
One of the three boys, Beetle, is actually Kipling himself, writing in the same autobiographical manner he adopted for the excellent short story, Baa Baa Black Sheep. He and his cohorts, Stalky and the inscrutable McTurk, wage an ongoing battle against what they perceive to be the hypocrisy and cant of their headmasters. This battle is waged with a fiendish sense of irony and fair play, and great pains are taken that the punishments should be tailor-made to fit the crimes. The language and slang are a delight in themselves, and incorporating the better phrases into your own speech is a nearly irresistable temptation. I don't enjoy everything Kipling wrote, but this sadly forgotten book would be enough to win me over as a fan even if he was the worst writer in history.
Summary of The Complete Stalky and Co. (Oxford World's Classics)
First published in 1899, Stalky and Co. is a collection of school stories based on Kipling's own experiences at the United Services College. Kipling himself appears as the central character called Beetle and through him shows how school is a pattern-maker for the experiences of life.Classics Books
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