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Stalky & Co. At the age of just twelve Rudyard was sent to a public school, United Services College in North Devon, as a boarder. It was a tough school but after a year or so he made an alliance with two other boys, Dunsterville and Beresford, they shared a study and became a force in the school. Kipling loved USC and its Head ever after.
The basic idea of the Stalky stories proper seems to have come suddenly to Kipling at the end of 1896: “While we were at Torquay,” he says in Something of Myself (pp. 134-5), “there came to me the idea of beginning some tracts or parables on the education of the young. These, for reasons honestly beyond my control, turned themselves into ...
And for the fifth summerin succession, Stalky, McTurk, and Beetle (this was before they reached the dignity of astudy) had built like beavers a place of retreat and meditation, where they smoked.Now, there was nothing in their characters as known to Mr. Prout, their house-master, atall commanding respect; nor did Foxy, the subtle red-haired school Sergeant, trust them.His business was to wear ...
Books. Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling. Doubleday, Page, 1926 - Bildungsromans - 310 pages. The story of Beetle and his life at the United Services College. Preview this book ».
6 de jul. de 2015 · 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. The Complete Stalky & Co., first published 30 years later ...
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12 de may. de 2023 · But, after all, the fascination of the Kipling grim fun, the brilliant picture-making, the fast-beating life and action, the never-ceasing originality and pleasing perversity—all are here. There are also here a few things that will offend some tastes.—from The Outlook, Dec 2, 1899. STALKY & CO. BY. RUDYARD KIPLING. MACMILLAN AND CO ...
