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Loading... Stalky & Co. (original 1899; edition 1897)by Rudyard Kipling
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One of my favorite re-reads, despite being just... amazingly problematic on so very many levels. ( ) One of my absolute favorite books when I was a child, though I understood perhaps a half of the language and little of the context. Stalky, McTurk, and Beetle conspire against their masters, cheat, bully their superiors, and exact revenge against the sanctimonious with a ferocious joy that makes them eternally appealing. Never mind that Kipling's worldview is irredeemably skewed. As I was rereading it now, decades later, I understand better how my own naive perceptions of the world were formed, It is the quintessential English public-school novel. And yet I still enjoy the book. "The bleatin' of the kid excites the tiger." Fairly funny, even though it gives the impression that in Kipling's days private schools were preparing boys for life by making them try and have fun with their coevals in defiance of just about everybody older than them doing their best to make life unpleasant for them. The gutenberg.com edition I read had unfortunately not only been translated into Americanese, but even renamed M'Turk to McTurk, but that's not Kipling's fault. no reviews | add a review
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.8Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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