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Just William - Richmal Crompton


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Just William - Richmal Crompton

 
Description: ISBN 0333534085 / Author: Richmal Crompton / Genre: Junior Books / Classic kids fiction about a mischevious school boy.

Newest Review: ... it up for her own good. She devoted her time to writing the ‘William' ... more

 ... books, which were inspired by her brother Jack who travelled the world writing a number of books on his adventures. Richmal's first William book appeared in 1922 and she continued to write of his adventures until her death in January 1969 - a total of 38 books. I wrote a while back about Anthony Buckeridge’s Jennings’ Books but William's circumstances, despite their 1920s setting, will be a lot more familiar to modern children than those of his main rival and the stories are still firmly placed in the...more

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merv
Crowned Review Just William - Richmal Crompton: "doin' good, ritin' rongs and persuin' happ ... (1341 words)
by - written on 05/02/02 (Very useful, 350 readings)
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I can’t help feeling that we are over-protective with our children these days. Growing up in the 50’s without the universal ‘benefits’ of television, computers and on-tap entertainment, most of my childhood was spent out of doors – playing football in the street, cricket on the green, fishing for sticklebacks in the brook at the back of our house, helping the local farmers with the harvest, damming the stream, bike rides to places we’d never been before, ghost hunting in the abandoned old hall on the edge of town, sledging down the mountain, climbing trees and building dens. The list seems endless and of course, the ...  Read the complete review

ChaCha
Crowned Review Just William - Richmal Crompton (606 words)
by - written on 06/10/00 (Very useful, 871 readings)
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The adventures of William Brown, mischievous school-boy and timeless hero of every rebel with a cause, were chronicled by Richmal Crompton between 1922 and 1969. They make hilarious reading for children and adults. Martin Jarvis’ justly praised radio adaptations are constantly one of the BBC’s best-selling audio-books (£9 a throw, for 12 excellently characterised readings). I see Amazon are currently selling a boxed set of the first ten books for £20 (ISBN: 0330391445). Due to the longevity of the series, William’s adventures reflected the changing social fabric of middle-class English village life over the twentieth century, from the days ...  Read the complete review

 

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