Just William: Volume 6

Crompton, Richmal

ISBN 10: 0563525428 ISBN 13: 9780563525424

Publisher: BBC Physical Audio, 2005

Synopsis

Acclaimed as the wizard of the talking book’ by the Daily Telegraph, Martin Jarvis has made the voices of William and friends his own in these marvellous readings. You'll roar with laughter as the lovable rogue and his gang of Outlaws wreak havoc - hampered by the loathsome Violet Elizabeth Bott. The stories in this collection include: That Boy’; The Bishop’s Handkerchief’; William and Uncle George’; The Haunted House’; William and St Valentine’; April Fool’s Day’; Not Much’; The Cure’; William’s Wonderful Plan’; The Outlaws and the Penknife’; William the Reformer’ and William’s New Year’s Day’. There’s nothing to touch them’ - Independent on Sunday.

3 CDs. 3 hrs.

About this title

About the Author

Richmal Crompton was born in Bury, Lancashire, in 1890. She was educated at St. Elphin's School and studied Classics at Royal Holloway College before becoming a schoolmistress. However, her teaching career was cut short by an attack of polio in 1923, which confined her to a wheelchair. She became a full-time author, and wrote over 40 books for adults, but she is best known for her hugely popular Just William books. William first appeared in 1919 in a short story for Home Magazine. The first collection featuring him was published in 1922, and he went on to star in 38 further books (the final one, William the Lawless, was published posthumously in 1970). They have sold over 12 million copies in the UK alone, been translated into nine languages and remain enduringly popular today.

Edition details

• Publisher: BBC Physical Audio
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0563525428
• ISBN 13: 9780563525424
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 1