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Rudyard KiplingStalky and Co. (April 30, 2007)

LibriVox recording of Stalky & Co., by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Tim Bulkeley.

Rudyard Kipling published Stalky & Co. in 1899. Set at an English boarding school in a seaside town on the North Devon coast. (The town, Westward Ho!, is not only unusual in having an exclamation mark, but also in being itself named after a novel, by Charles Kingsley.)

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. (Summary adapted by Tim Bulkeley from the Wikipedia entry)


This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox

Artist/Composer: Rudyard Kipling
Date: 2007-04-30
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: LibriVox; literature; audiobook; kipling; boarding school


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0 - Opening Poem2.86 MB1.72 MB1.43 MB
1 - In Ambush55 MB32 MB27 MB
2 - Slaves of the Lamp - Part 136 MB14 MB18 MB
3 - An Unsavory Interlude53 MB30 MB26 MB
4 - The Impressionists43 MB26 MB22 MB
5 - The Moral Reformers38 MB23 MB19 MB
6 - A Little Prep42 MB25 MB21 MB
7 - The Flag of their Country41 MB25 MB20 MB
8 - The Last Term40 MB25 MB20 MB
9 - Slaves of the Lamp - Part II38 MB23 MB19 MB
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Reviewer: vladadog - [5.0 out of 5 stars] - December 30, 2007
Subject: A really excellent series of stories!
This was my first LibriVox download and what a wonderful introduction it was!

Tim Bulkeley did an excellent job reading the entire book. His reading was as good as many professional audiobooks I've bought and the sound quality was also well done.

I grew up loving Stalky & Co (they were the original "Marauders" before JK Rowling invented James Potter & Co for her series and Stalky still wins hands down, without any magic at all!). If you haven't read the stories then this download is a great introduction. And if you have read the stories this is an excellent way to enjoy them again.


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