To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. Jimmy (1949) was aimed at younger children, and Enter Patricia (1927) at girls. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1948. Richmal Crompton's biographer, Mary Cadogan, wrote that both Richmal Crompton's literary executor her niece Richmal Ashbee and her publisher Macmillan "unhesitatingly decided to drop this episode ["William and the Nasties"] completely from new editions of the book."[11]. Published by Published by In 1925, in the William . 3.97. Crompton, Richmal Published by Macmillan UK, 1999 ISBN 10: 0330391011 ISBN 13: 9780330391016 Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good US$ 1.00 Convert currency US$ 6.44 Shipping From United Kingdom to U.S.A. The Just William series is a sequence of thirty-eight books written by English author Richmal Crompton. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Rather than pandering to the young reader, the text is challenging, peppered with such daunting words as ignominious. (This is no accident: Crompton, who set out as a writer of serious fiction, had not particularly targeted William to child readers. Former library book; may include library markings. ("Nasty" was William's mispronunciation of Nazi.) The closed page edges are crisp and white. William (book) - Wikipedia Mist and Other Ghost Stories by Richmal Crompton | Goodreads She later moved with the school to a new location in Darley Dale, near Matlock, Derbyshire in 1904. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Condition: Used; Good. Rather than preserving the narrative in a kind of literary aspic, the cast moves with the times. Please note that any abusive and/or annoying comments will be deleted. Her brother, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, also became a writer, remembered under the name John Lambourne for his fantasy novel The Kingdom That Was (1931) and under the name "John Crompton" for his books on natural history. Is it still possible to pick up a copy of Innermost Room. Melun (French pronunciation: ()) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the le-de-France region, north-central France.It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about 41 kilometres (25 + 1 2 miles) from the centre of the capital.Melun is the prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne, and the seat of one of its arrondissements.Its inhabitants are called Melunais. BennettBooksLtd, LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A. GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A. New - Softcover Click image to read my short story 'Changed' in The Cynic Online Magazine. The Just William Society,, Beckenham,, Of course, William has not made it to the 21st century unscathed. Hes still just 11. CreditAdvertising Archive/Courtesy Everett Collection. Heres a real treat to conclude the series of Christmas ghost stories that Ive been posting for the last few weeks the BBC adaptation of The Tractate Middoth from just a couple of years ago. William and Joan deliver a Christmas feast to a poor family whose man of the house . Former owner name lightly written in pencil, some flaking to the red cloth covers, about very good. He may have turned 100, but unlike his readers, William will always be just 11. The comments below have not been moderated. 1976. Crompton left the copyright of all her books to her niece, Mrs Richmal C. L. Ashbee of Chelsfield, Kent; along with 57,623.[3]. One attraction is the stories relative difficulty. Chapter Richmal Crompton in Her Own Words Jane McVeigh Chapter First Online: 31 March 2022 54 Accesses Part of the Literary Lives book series (LL) Abstract In her sixties and seventies, Crompton received greater attention in the media than ever before, including the BBC, national and local newspapers, and specialist magazines. She wrote 38 other William books throughout her life. The popular 39-long book series was published between 1922 and 1970 when the last book was published posthumously a year after her death, and went on to sell over 12 million copies in the United Kingdom. A vicars daughter and lifelong Conservative, Crompton was born in Lancashire in 1890, to a comfortable, middle-class household. Just William soundtracked our every car journey, and Id often fall asleep with it churning away on my Walkman, dreaming of joining Williams gang, the Outlaws. Richmal Crompton. The House by Crompton, Richmal: Very Good Hardcover (1926 - AbeBooks Macmillan Publishers Limited, Seller Rating, Pictures available of many items on request. The professor's mistress (18+, dark forbidden) A. Maynard Barbour. She also wrote 41 novels for adults and published nine collections of short stories during her lifetime. William is the leader of his band of friends, who call themselves the Outlaws, with his best friend Ginger and his other friends Henry and Douglas. Seller Inventory # 013578. Having contracted poliomyelitis in 1923 she was left without the use of her right leg. 222 pages, 110,000 words, Mint in d/w. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. The books have since gone on to be translated into nine different languages, and have been adapted for stage and screen. The books were published over a period of almost fifty years, between 1922 and 1970. These were first collected for publication in 6 volumes from 2008 to 10, including several unbroadcast scripts. Click image to read my short story, 'Liddells Ghost' in Cygnus, the Journal of Speculative Fiction. The William books have been translated into sixteen or seventeen languages (Cadogan, 1993). Aged book. There were thirty-eight books of William stories in all, and sometimes two in the same year. What Henry James knew, and described in English Hours (1905) the strangeness present on a flattened seashore M R James (no blood relation, although the two were acquainted) expressed in two of his best-known ghost stories: Oh, Whistle, and Ill []. Seller Inventory # 013578 Contact seller The property, which has been in the ownership of one family for more than 60 years, has literary connections with the National Heritage List for England (NHLE); Richmal Crompton, author of children's series Just William lived in the home 'at one point'. It was a mans hand. The books chronicle the adventures of the unruly schoolboy William Brown. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Condition: As New. Starting with The Innermost Room (1923), she wrote 41 novels for adults and published nine collections of short stories. 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. They starred William Graham as William Brown and featured Garry Marsh as Mr. Brown, Jane Welsh as Mrs. Brown, Hugh Cross as Robert Brown, Kathleen Stuart as Ethel Brown, A. E. Matthews as The Tramp in Just William's Luck and as Minister in William at the Circus, Muriel Aked as Emily, Maid, Brian Roper as Ginger, Brian Weske as Henry, James Crabbe as Douglas, Michael Balfour as Jenks in JWL, uncredited in WatC, John Powe as Policeman in JWL, uncredited in WatC. Urged by her solicitor brother to downsize and turn the family home into flats, she reluctantly agrees. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Condition: New. First Edition. The kitchen includes a four person Aga and compliments the dcor and wooden panelled walls with the original flagstone flooring still intact, with a stunning view which looks out onto the beautiful garden scape and English countryside beyond, The spacious property has lots of room for several dining rooms, complete with a more private outdoor seating area in the garden for the home owners to enjoy summer weather or to sit at after gardening in the property's vegetable patches, The kitchen leads onto a dining area, which is home to a stunning stone fireplace sure to keep the property well heated, with carpeted floor opposed to the stone work which features in the kitchen and wooden flooring in the majority of the property, A huge living room with a feature wooden panel wall which compliments the wooden grooves used in the flooring, with large bay windows meaning that the room gets plenty of sunlight throughout the day and fantastic views of the countryside. Pan Macmillan 2017-08-10, London, Cover has some ingrained dust and some foxing to cover along top inch or so, and outer edge also some spotting, minor edge splits and creases, inside covers the facing leaves front and rear show the spotting also, contents are clear and still very good. Paperback. [4] They have been adapted for films, stage-plays, and numerous radio and television series. Crompton's only supernatural novel is The House (1926), which achieved a much more . Crompton was her mothers maiden name, and her unusual first name came from her aunt. 1984. It also boasts a large country kitchen complete with a four oven Aga, and an artist's studio. From Carroll to Crompton: The work of a children's publisher. In Macmillan: A Publishing Tradition, by Elizabeth James Ed., 242255. She contracted Polio, leaving her without the use of her right leg, and also had breast cancer later in life. Soft cover. Richmal Crompton | Orlando Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. The stubbornly disheveled, snub-nosed 11-year-old protagonist of the writer Richmal Cromptons wildly popular Just William stories, 100 this year, is an astutely rendered portrait of a 1920s British schoolboy. Richmal Crompton gained a scholarship to Royal Holloway in 1911. Quantity: 1 London: Hodder & Stoughton. A number of guesses have been made about where the stories are set. From a time overshadowed by wars, poverty and fascism, the childs-eye view on life remains steadfastly joyful. Publication Date: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, Book Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Children's Books. The authors ambiguous name, especially in the series early years, added the exciting implication for some female readers normally limited to more moralistic fare that these were boys books.. Perhaps this appealed to Crompton herself. THE HOUSE | Richmal Crompton, Richmal Crompton Lamburn | First edition Crompton wrote a one-act play featuring the character: Crompton wrote 55 play scripts for the BBC, broadcast from 1946. (She had written "The Outlaws" in 1917, but it was not published until later.) 'The hard surface tennis court, which is need of some repair, is situated to the side of the formal lawn, with a further area of garden with a greenhouse, composting beds and vegetable beds. Reading the books anew, Im comforted by the familiarity of William, the Outlaws and the Browns in their world of village fetes, overcast summers and amateur theater. Richmal Crompton - Chislehurst Society The BBC has produced many recordings of William stories read by Martin Jarvis, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Signed, Used - Hardcover "William!" 1678205977. 8vo.