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Kipling portrays college as the first stage of a miles large game, a pattern maker for the experiences of life. Implied all through the ebook is the question 'What befell to the fifteen-12 months boys, and the way did the classes they found out at faculty apply to the world of warfare and imperial authorities?' These memories are based on Kipling's personal education, the United Services College at Westward Ho! In Devon.

Stalky & Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling( 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) 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.[1] 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,[2] 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.

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout Stalky & Co. by Rudyard KiplingStalky & Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine). Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters. It is set at an unnamed school referred to as the College or the Coll., which is based on the United Services College in Devon, which Kipling attended. 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 and Mr King is based on William Carr Crofts. 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. There is also some information about Stalky in later life. In his essay entitled “What We Can Expect of the American Boy,” Teddy Roosevelt disdained this 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.”........ Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 42, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date.He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined. Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed according to the political and social climate of the age and the resulting contrasting views about him continued for much of the 20th century. George Orwell called him a "prophet of British imperialism". Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: "[Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with."

This is a nice edition of Stalky & Co., with illustrations by Gordon Frederick Browne.The Outward Bound edition of The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling has long been regarded as one of the most important collected editions of Rudyard Kipling's works. John Lockwood Kipling provided the illustrations for nearly all the early volumes of this beautifully printed deluxe set . The first twenty-five volumes of the Outward Bound edition were arranged as follows:Volume 1. Plain Tales from the Hills. 350 pages.Volume 2. Soldiers Three and Military Tales - Part I. 307 pages.Volume 3. Soldiers Three and Military Tales - Part II. 282 pages.Volume 4. In Black and White. 389 pages.Volume 5. The Phantom 'Rickshaw. 387 pages.Volume 6. Under the Deodars. The Story of the Gadsbys. Wee Willie Winkie. 368 pages.Volume 7. The Jungle Book. 341 pages.Volume 8. The Second Jungle Book. 228 pages.Volume 9. The Light That Failed. 329 pages.Volume 10. The Naulahka. 377 pages.Volume 11. Verses 1889-1896. 359 pages.Volume 12. Captains Courageous. 242 pages.Volume 13. The Days Work - Part I. 310 pages.Volume 14. The Days Work - Part II. 305 pages.Volume 15. From Sea to Sea - Part I. 494 pages.Volume 16. From Sea to Sea - Part II. 553 pages.Volume 17. Early Verse. 292 pages.Volume 18. Stalky & Co. 330 pages.Volume 19. Kim. 474 pages.Volume 20. Just So Stories. 280 pages.Volume 21. The Five Nations. 202 pages.Volume 22. Traffics and Discoveries. 438 pages.Volume 23. Puck of Pook's Hill. 305 pages.Volume 24. Actions and Reactions. 324 pages.Volume 25. Rewards and Fairies. 378 pages.Specially formatted to look good on Kindle Fire or tablet with full eBook table of contents added.

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Stalky & Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine). Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters. It is set at an unnamed school referred to as the College or the Coll., which is based on the United Services College in Devon, which Kipling attended. 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 and Mr King is based on William Carr Crofts.

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.

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. According to his family, Kipling enjoyed reading aloud stories from Stalky & Co. to them and often went into spasms of laughter over his own jokes. It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine). Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters. It is set at an unnamed school referred to as the College or the Coll., which is based on the United Services College in Devon, which Kipling attended. 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.BONUS :• Stalky & Co. Audiobook.• Biography of Rudyard Kipling.