| Description |
ix, 272 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Centenary edition |
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Centenary edition.
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| Summary |
Kipling portrays school as the first step, a pattern-maker for the experiences of life. Implied throughout the stories is the question, 'What happened to these fifteen-year-old boys, and how did the lessons they learned at school apply to the world of warfare and imperial government?' The stories are based on Kipling's own school, the United Services College at Westward Ho! Bideford, North Devon, which prepared boys destined for the army or for colonial service. Kipling himself appears as the subordinate character, Beetle |
| Notes |
First published in 1899 |
| Audience |
Adult |
| Subject |
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
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Adventure stories -- Juvenile fiction.
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Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Private schools -- England -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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