- Paperback
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (1 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330391445
- ISBN-13: 978-0330391443
- Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 17.2 x 11.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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- #42 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > C > Crompton, Richmal
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This boxed set contains the first ten books in the popular "Just William" series. They have been issued with the original line illustrations.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Irresistable William,
By A Customer
This review is from: Just William Boxed Set: "Just William", "More William", "William Again", "William the Fourth", "Still William", "William the Conqueror", "William the Outlaw", ... in Trouble", "William the Good", "William" (Paperback)
For William fans, this is an absolute must. Ten volumes of William antics have kept me (and all the other members of my household) busy (with about 2 stories a night in bed) for months. For those of you who don't know William, he is irresistable to both children and adults alike.Children will find his adventures give them wonderful ideas for new games and adventures of their own; they will also enjoy his creativity in his triumphs against the adult world, his school teachers, the local tattle-tale bratt, his schoolroom enemies, stuffy extended-family members, etc.. As for the adults - I very rarely find someone with such an accurate (and amused) eye for social comedy as this author. Everyone's real motives come out in these stories, in hilarious contrast to the image they are trying to portray. I highly recommend this set!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superlative, great fun, keenly observed humour,
By A Customer
This review is from: Just William Boxed Set: "Just William", "More William", "William Again", "William the Fourth", "Still William", "William the Conqueror", "William the Outlaw", ... in Trouble", "William the Good", "William" (Paperback)
William is just - William! I can't understand how anyone can raise any objections to his 'destroying of property' and 'not getting his just desserts'! I have just one thing to say to you - GO READ POLLYANNA! Besides, William is basically decent and good and doubtless grew up to be a fine man (ok, I know it's fiction). Richmal Crompton is (was) a writer of pure genius, I am still enjoying William well into my thirties. Granted, he is a light read, that is all part of the charm.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully written, highly enjoyable stories...,
By Elizabeth Lee (BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Just William Boxed Set: "Just William", "More William", "William Again", "William the Fourth", "Still William", "William the Conqueror", "William the Outlaw", ... in Trouble", "William the Good", "William" (Paperback)
I've loved William since I was a small child and still greatly enjoy his adventures. SO refreshing not to have morals of the "Disney" variety rammed down our throats!( Also,I was read Pollyanna when I was small and have since held a deep loathing for her and her kind which seem to proliferate in the children's books of CERTAIN countries which sort of share a language with us) Richmal Crompton is a first rate writer and her descriptive vocabulary is second to none in children's literature. I suggest that it might prove a taxing read in some ways to many children today - as it goes a little beyond the range of the vocabulary used on Cartoon network and in the Harry Potter books. It is possible that all the William books might be enjoyed more by adults feeling nostalgic- although Willaim's village is idealised it is not SO far from the England of not so long ago - woods, fields and little streams and the freedom to play outside ALL day long! I personally like the bits about dead animals in William's pockets- I spent many a happy hour playing with a dead mole as a child - part of life in the country !) William is a dreadful child, and all the more entertaining for that! There is no-one else quite like William - and long may his adventures continue in print! If you like morals - go to Pollyanna, A Little Princess or Little Lord Fauntleroy - nicer children you couldn't meet anywhere...now, excuse me whilst I am quietly sick...
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