The Human Boy

von Eden Phillpotts

248 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

At Merivale, a boys' boarding school in late Victorian England, ordinary lessons rarely stay ordinary for long. The pupils bring their own schemes, rivalries, loyalties, grudges, and private ambitions into classrooms, dormitories, playing fields, and the surrounding countryside. A clever newcomer knows far too much for his age; a determined boy dreams of becoming an Australian bushranger; another turns a lost tooth into an unexpected financial adventure; and experiments in chemistry lead to trouble that no schoolmaster could have planned. Told largely through the boys' own voices, these eleven connected school stories view adults, rules, punishment, friendship, and mischief from a youthful point of view. The humor comes from sharp observation as much as practical jokes, while the school itself becomes a small world with its own customs and codes. First published at the turn of the twentieth century, this collection captures the language, attitudes, games, and daily life of an English boarding school with lively detail and an affectionate eye for the strange logic of boyhood.

• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9781434417572
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2026
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Wildside Press