CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

Stalky & Co. (1899), by Rudyard Kipling (Oxford World Classics) by Rudyard Kipling (Paperback / softback, 2016)

About this product

Product Information

Stalky & Co. is a vel 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 vel 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.A Stalky story manuscript, believed to have been written in 1897, was found in an English school library in 2004: The missing chapter of Rudyard Kipling's celebrated book Stalky and Co has been found in a school library. The manuscript, believed to have been written in 1897 - two years before the book's publication - was found in the archives of Haileybury, a private school in Hertfordshire, by Jeremy Lewins, a former Kipling Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge. The work tells the entirely new story of three schoolboys who taunt an elderly major who cheats at golf near Appledore in North Devon, Dr Lewins said. Kipling intended it to be the first chapter of Stalky and Co ...The manuscript was given by the Kipling Estate to the United Services College after he died in January 1936. It was acquired by Haileybury School in 1962 when it merged with the United Services College and lodged in the archives, where it remained unticed.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1532964854
ISBN-13
9781532964855
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223101632

Product Key Features

Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Author
Rudyard Kipling
Genre
General & Literary Fiction

Dimensions

Height
254mm
Width
203mm
Weight
240g

Additional Product Features

Spine
6mm
Date of Publication
27/04/2016
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

Best Selling in Books

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Books

The Concise 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene (Paperback, 2002)
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 product ratings
AU $20.44 New
---- Used
The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible by Martin Flint Et. Al. Abegg (Paperback, 2002)
No ratings or reviews yet.
AU $53.11 New
---- Used
David Vizard's How to Supertune and Modify Holley Carburetors by David Vizard (Paperback, 2013)
4.8 out of 5 stars based on 4 product ratings
AU $57.12 New
---- Used

Save on Books

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Books

Jethro Kloss Back to Eden (Paperback) (US IMPORT)
AU $30.29
Trending at AU $33.69
Scientific Healing Affirmations (Paperback Book) by Paramahansa Yogananda | NEW
AU $10.12
Trending at AU $10.85
The Book of Enoch Paperback Free Shipping AU
AU $18.02
Trending at AU $18.14
Anti - Inflammatory Diet Cookbook for Beginners: Reduce the Inflammation and Imp
AU $19.86
Trending at AU $20.17
NEW Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson (Paperback) FREE Shipping
AU $17.44
Trending at AU $17.97
Go the F**k to Sleep
AU $16.99
Trending at AU $18.36

Shop by category

Stalky & Co. (1899), by Rudyard Kipling (Oxford World Classics) by Rudyard Kipling (Paperback / softback, 2016)

About this product

Product Information

Product Identifiers

Product Key Features

Dimensions

Additional Product Features

Best Selling in Books

The Concise 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene (Paperback, 2002)

The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible by Martin Flint Et. Al. Abegg (Paperback, 2002)

David Vizard's How to Supertune and Modify Holley Carburetors by David Vizard (Paperback, 2013)

Save on Books

Jethro Kloss Back to Eden (Paperback) (US IMPORT)

Scientific Healing Affirmations (Paperback Book) by Paramahansa Yogananda | NEW

The Book of Enoch Paperback Free Shipping AU

Anti - Inflammatory Diet Cookbook for Beginners: Reduce the Inflammation and Imp

NEW Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson (Paperback) FREE Shipping

Go the F**k to Sleep

You may also like

Rudyard Kipling Paperback Fiction & Fiction Books

Rudyard Kipling World literature & Classics Fiction Fiction & Books

Rudyard Kipling Hardcover Fiction Books

Rudyard Kipling Fiction & Fiction Books

Rudyard Kipling Non-Fiction Paperback Fiction & Books

World literature & Classics Paperback Fiction Books in Russian