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Despite children being the main characters and adults being a supporting cast, the books themselves were written for an adult audience. Browse audiobooks written by richmal crompton sorted by. Audiobook richmal crompton more william version 2 youtube. The just william series is a sequence of thirtynine books written by english author richmal crompton. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Richmal crompton lamburn was born in bury, lancashire, the second child of the rev. William brown first appeared in a series of short stories, written in richmals spare time, while she was a teacher at. Richmal crompton was born at bury in lancashire, the second child of reverend edward john sewell lamburn, a teacher at the bury grammar school and his wife clara nee crompton. Richmal crompton lamburn 15 november 1890 11 january 1969 was initially trained as a schoolmistress but later became a popular english writer, best known for her just william series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books. Just william was the first of about 38 books featuring the young boy william, and his gang the outlaws, the children of the town and their parents. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to others, this book is structured round a year in his life. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Perpetually scruffy, mudstained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster for his harassed elders at least. Project gutenberg offers 60,709 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Richmal crompton lamburn 18901969, the daughter of a schoolteachercurate, went to a derbyshire boarding school, to which she returned as a teacher in 1914 after having read classics at royal holloway college. Title details for just williams greatest hits by richmal crompton available. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language eworkbooks as you want during the free trial and its all yours to keep even if you cancel during the free trial. Richmal crompton 1890 1969 the second of cromptons series of 39 books about william brown, our cheeky 11 yearold protagonist. The series of books is better known in the united kingdom than in the u.
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Richmal crompton lamburn 18901969, the daughter of a schoolteachercurate, went to a derbyshire boarding school, to which she returned as a teacher in 1914 after having read classics at royal. Starting with william waking up on christmas morning and ending with him going to sleep the following christmas eve, there are the usual round of. Browse richmal cromptons bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Born in lancashire, crompton won a scholarship to royal holloway in london, where she trained as a schoolteacher, graduating in 1914, before turning to writing fulltime in 1923.
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Her brother, john battersby crompton lamburn, also became a writer, under the name john lambourne, and is remembered for his fantasy novel the kingdom that was 1931. Richmal crompton richmal crompton, richmal crompton lamburn books by richmal crompton. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to others, this book is structured. The books chronicle the adventures of the unruly schoolboy william brown. Books by crompton, richmal sorted by popularity project gutenberg books by crompton, richmal sorted by popularity.
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