![]() ![]() For example, Beetle pokes fun at an earlier, more earnest, boys' book, Eric, or, Little by Little, thus flaunting his more worldly outlook. Nine stories with previous appearances in various magazines were collected to form this novel. The stories have elements of revenge, the macabre, bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from childish or idealised. 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. Alternate Title: Stalky and Company Contents: In ambush - Slaves of the lamp, pt. 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. Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters. ![]() It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine). is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. ![]()
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