Stalky & Co
(2021)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Falcon Press LLC, 2021
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 25 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781955263788 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT14113269, 1955263787 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 14113269
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Alfred Gingold
The book is a collection of linked short stories, with some information about the eponymous Stalky's later life. Beetle, one of the main trio, is said to be based on Kipling himself, while Stalky may be based on Lionel Dunsterville. The stories have elements of the macabre (dead cats), bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from the childish or idealised world of the typical school story. Edmund Wilson, critic, in The Wound and the Bow, was both shocked and uncomprehending."
Mode of access: World Wide Web