It is implied that the mischievous pranks of the boys in school were splendid training for their role as instruments of the British Empire.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
The final chapter recounts events in the lives of the boys when, as adults, they are in the armed forces in India. For example, Beetle pokes fun at an earlier, more earnest, boys' book, Eric, or, Little by Little, thus flaunting his more worldly outlook. The stories have elements of revenge, the macabre, bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from childish or idealised. Bates, is based on Cormell Price, headmaster of the United Services College. The character Beetle, one of the main trio, is partly based on Kipling himself, while the charismatic character Stalky is based on Lionel Dunsterville, M'Turk is based on George Charles Beresford, Mr King is based on William Carr Crofts, and the headmaster, Mr. It is set at a school dubbed "the College" or "the Coll.", which is based on the actual United Services College that Kipling attended as a boy. It was first published in 1899 after the stories had appeared in magazines during the previous two years. It is a collection of school stories whose juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling about adolescent boys at a British boarding school.
It had been his trademark for nearly forty years but it was now ‘defiled beyond redemption'.” Stalky & Co. “Kipling was so disgusted by the Nazis and the sight of their flag that he removed the swastika, a Hindu symbol of good luck, from his bookbindings. With the rise of Nazism, Kipling ceased to use the swastika. The Anglo-Indian author Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), who was strongly influenced by Indian culture, used a swastika as his personal emblem on the covers and flyleaves of many editions of his books, along with the elephant, signifying his affinity with India. Front hinge nearly split but still holding, ink gift note on front free endpaper, rear hinge starting.
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