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Stalky & Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of school stories whose three juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority.
Stalky and Co is a collection of stories set in an English public school in the 1870s/80s revolving around three boys; Stalky, Beetle (Kipling himself) and M’Turk. It’s actually based on the school that Kipling attended, the United Services College in Devon.
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1 de jan. de 2002 · Stalky & Co. Alternate Title: Stalky and Company Contents: In ambush -- Slaves of the lamp, pt. I -- An unsavory interlude -- The impressionists -- The moral reformers -- A little prep -- The flag of their country -- The last term -- Slaves of the lamp, pt. II. Credits: A. Elizabeth Warren, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class
- Rudyard Kipling
- 1899
Stalky & Co. is the only school story which shows school as a direct preparation for life. Most others actually make the world outside school seem irrelevant, an anticlimax, an unimaginable void.
First published in 1899, Stalky and Co. is a collection of school stories based on Kipling's own experiences at the United Services College. Kipling himself appears as the central character called Beetle and through him shows how school is a pattern-maker for the experiences of life.
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25 de fev. de 2009 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of Stalky & Co., by Rudyard Kipling This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
'Stalky & Co.' is the hilarious tale of the coming of age of three roguish boys at an English public school. With a seemingly unending supply of practical jokes and...
