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Just William (Hardcover)

by Richmal Crompton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; New edition edition (3 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405054573
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405054577
  • Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 14 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,670 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There is only one Just William. The loveable imp has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting hundreds of thousands of readers for years. Here, the Outlaws plan a day of non-stop adventure. The only problem is, William is meant to be babysitting. But William won't let that stop him having fun with his gang - he'll just bring the baby along!

About the Author
Richmal Crompton was born in Lancashire in 1890. The first story about William Brown appeared in home magazine in 1919, and the first collection of William stories was published in book form three years later. In all, thirty-eight William books were published, the last one in 1970, after Richmal Crompton's death.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascimile of the first William book printed in 1922 - a children's classic, 10 Nov 2006
By Keith Joseph (West Berkshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This hardcover book is a facsimile of the first ever 'William' book. However if you fancy this book do have a look at the nicely boxed set of the first four William books (published 1922 to 1924), which also adds the next three books More William, William Again and William the Fourth. These books are all 5.5" x 6.5" x 1", and well bound, but not with the little pretty cotton coloured binding, just glue & paper. All the original illustrations are present. Text size is large - I don't need glasses to read the stories to my son (9). I won't bore you with reviews of these first William stories, any child of the sixties like me will be familiar with these. I suppose the stories aren't dissimilar to beginning of Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer'. They share the witty humour of cheeky boys pushing at adults set boundaries, although, fortunately for him, William never has to face the likes of 'Indian Joe' in the English shires. William stories aren't 'coming of age' either (girls are for dipping pigtails into inkwells). His charm is that he steadfastly refuses to grow up, and he is always a typical roguish but lovable preteen boy knocking about with his outlaw mates.

This first book collected together the short stories a very young Richmal wrote for `Home Magazine' and were aimed more at adults than later books (e.g. the first story in Just William, `William at the pictures' was actually the fourth one published - `Rice Mould' being the first). `Rice Mould' doesn't appear until the second book `More William' though, also published in 1922. William stories were written up to the 1970's, and many will remember the Armada paperback books from the 1960's that mixed stories together. At the time of her death in 1969 Richmal had written 39 William books and sold over 8 million copies.

I suppose the language of these early William books isn't a very easy read for younger preteens with words like 'epicurean', 'apoplectic' and 'discoursing', but I guess I just ignored these tough words when I read the books as a boy (most of the words aren't that difficult). For younger children its probably best to read to them, particularly as you also have accents as well (e.g. "Ad your tea ?" and "Well, why shan't I jus' speak to her"). This book is also a little dated being produced in 1922. Mind you an original first edition of these books costs serious money. The cover picture (not a loose cover) of William in his school cap is from the 1940s, although I looked pretty much the same as a 1st year secondary schoolboy in 1967 - my black crested school cap was a little more formal and restrained though. As a young boy I never had any problem identifying with William and his lower middle class family background, probably as it was a mirror image of mine. So overall a good value `first edition facsimile' of the classic 'Just William' book - but the hardcover set of the first four classic William books is better packaged and even better value at around £14 on Amazon.
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