The Complete Stalky & Co - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199555036 ISBN 13: 9780199555031

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2009

Synopsis

Kipling portrays school as the first stage of a much larger game, a pattern-maker for the experiences of life. Implied throughout the stories is the question 'What happened to these fifteen-year-old boys, and how did the lessons they learned at school apply to the world of warfare and imperial government?'
The stories are based on Kipling's own school, the United Services College at Westward Ho! in Devon, which prepared boys destined for the army or for colonial service; Kipling himself appears as the subordinate character, Beetle. This edition includes five Stalky stories which did not appear in the original volume, and thus constitutes a Complete Stalky & Co.

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"Completely delighted that you've brought out a whole bundle of Kipling titles."--William N. Rogers, San Diego State University "Completely delighted that you've brought out a whole bundle of Kipling titles."--William N. Rogers, San Diego State University "Completely delighted that you've brought out a whole bundle of Kipling titles."--William N. Rogers, San Diego State University "Completely delighted that you've brought out a whole bundle of Kipling titles."--William N. Rogers, San Diego State University

Synopsis

Kipling portrays school as the first stage of a much larger game, a pattern-maker for the experiences of life. Implied throughout the stories is the question 'What happened to these fifteen-year-old boys, and how did the lessons they learned at school apply to the world of warfare and imperial government?' The stories are based on Kipling's own school, the United Services College at Westward Ho! in Devon, which prepared boys destined for the army or for colonial service; Kipling himself appears as the subordinate character, Beetle. This edition includes five Stalky stories which did not appear in the original volume, and thus constitutes a Complete Stalky & Co.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199555036
• ISBN 13: 9780199555031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Quigly Isabel