Books with title STALKY

In summer all right-minded boys built huts in the furze-hill behind the College—littlelairs whittled out of the heart of the prickly bushes, full of stumps, odd root-ends, andspikes, but, since they were strictly forbidden, palaces of delight. And for the fifth summerin succession, Stalky, McTurk, and Beetle (this was before they reached the dignity of astudy) had built like beavers a place of retreat and meditation, where they smoked.Now, there was nothing in their characters as known to Mr. Prout, their house-master, atall commanding respect; nor did Foxy, the subtle red-haired school Sergeant, trust them.His business was to wear tennis-shoes, carry binoculars, and swoop hawklike upon evilboys. Had he taken the field alone, that hut would have been raided, for Foxy knew themanners of his quarry; but Providence moved Mr. Prout, whose school-name, derived fromthe size of his feet, was Hoofer, to investigate on his own account; and it was the cautiousStalky who found the track of his pugs on the very floor of their lair one peaceful afternoonwhen Stalky would fain have forgotten Prout and his works in a volume of Surtees and anew briar-wood pipe. Crusoe, at sight of the footprint, did not act more swiftly than Stalky.He removed the pipes, swept up all loose match-ends, and departed to warn Beetle andMcTurk.But it was characteristic of the boy that he did not approach his allies till he had met andconferred with little Hartopp, President of the Natural History Society, an institution whichStalky held in contempt, Hartopp was more than surprised when the boy meekly, as heknew how, begged to propose himself, Beetle, and McTurk as candidates; confessed to along-smothered interest in first-flowerings, early butterflies, and new arrivals, andvolunteered, if Mr. Hartopp saw fit, to enter on the new life at once. Being a master,Hartopp was suspicious; but he was also an enthusiast, and his gentle little soul had beengalled by chance-heard remarks from the three, and specially Beetle. So he was gracious tothat repentant sinner, and entered the three names in his book.Then, and not till then, did Stalky seek Beetle and McTurk in their house form-room.They were stowing away books for a quiet afternoon in the furze, which they called the“wuzzy.”

Kipling portrays school as the first stage of a much larger game, a pattern maker for the experiences of life. Implied throughout the book is the question 'What happened to the fifteen-year boys, and how did the lessons they learned at school apply to the world of warfare and imperial government?' These stories are based on Kipling's own schooling, the United Services College at Westward Ho! in Devon.

Based on Kipling's own adolescent experiences, Stalky & Co. is a cunning story of mischievous 19th century British schoolboys attempting scholastic mutiny. The faculty and headmaster of a boys' private school repeatedly pursue a trio of poetic pranksters, "Stalky", "Beetle" and "Turkey" as they wage war on fellow students and the "establishment" with unwavering energy and creativity. Stalky & Co. is at times poignant in it's realistic portrayal of boys negotiating manhood and hilarious in it's 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.

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 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine). It is set at a school dubbed "the College" or "the Coll.", which is based on the actual United Services College that Kipling attended as a boy. The character Beetle, one of the main trio, is partly based on Kipling himself, while the charismatic character Stalky is based on Lionel Dunsterville, M'Turk is based on George Charles Beresford, Mr King is based on William Carr Crofts, and the school Head, Mr. Bates, is based on Cormell Price.The stories have elements of revenge, the macabre, bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from childish or idealised. For example, Beetle pokes fun at an earlier, more earnest, boys' book, Eric, or, Little by Little, thus flaunting his more worldly outlook. The final chapter recounts events in the lives of the boys when, as adults, they are in the armed forces in India. It is implied that the mischievous pranks of the boys in school were splendid training for their role as instruments of the British Empire.Teddy Roosevelt disdained the novel, calling it "a story which ought never to have been written, for there is hardly a single form of meanness which it does not seem to extol, or of school mismanagement which it does not seem to applaud."The novel is a compilation of nine previously published stories,[4] with a prefatory untitled poem beginning "Let us now praise famous men".Several of the stories appeared in more than one magazine before being collected in book form. The stories are listed below in the order in which they appeared in the book, along with the date and location of their magazine appearances:"In Ambush" (August 1898, McClure's Magazine; December, 1898, Pearson's Magazine)"Slaves of the Lamp, Part I." (April 1897, Cosmopolis: A Literary Review;)"An Unsavoury Interlude" (January, 1899, McClure's Magazine and Windsor Magazine)"The Impressionists" (February, 1899, McClure's Magazine and Windsor Magazine)"The Moral Reformers" (March, 1899, McClure's Magazine and Windsor Magazine)A Little Prep." (April, 1899, McClure's Magazine and Windsor Magazine)"The Flag of Their Country" (May 1899, McClure's Magazine; July, 1899, Pearson's Magazine)"The Last Term" (May, 1899, Windsor Magazine)"Slaves of the Lamp, Part II." (May 1897, Cosmopolis: A Literary Review)

Stalky & Co. is a book published in 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine) by Rudyard Kipling, about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of linked short stories in format, with some information about the charismatic Stalky character in later life. The character Beetle, one of the main trio, is partly based on Kipling himself. Stalky is based on Lionel Dunsterville, M'Turk is based on George Charles Beresford, Mr King is based on William Carr Crofts. The school, which is referred to as the College or the Coll. is based on the United Services College in Devon which Kipling attended. The stories have elements of revenge, the macabre (dead cats), bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from childish or idealised, unlike the typical school story. The critic Edmund Wilson, in The Wound and the Bow, was both shocked and uncomprehending about them. For example, Beetle pokes fun at an earlier, more earnest, boys' book, Eric, or, Little by Little, thus flaunting his more worldly outlook.

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