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Richmal Crompton

    November 15, 1890 – January 11, 1969

    Richmal Crompton, initially trained as a schoolmistress, became a celebrated English writer renowned for her Just William series. Her fiction delves into family and social life, exploring the constraints these environments impose while also nurturing individuals. Crompton masterfully depicts children as curious observers of societal norms, with her young protagonists, particularly William and his gang, invariably emerging triumphant.

    Richmal Crompton
    William's Birthday and Other Stories
    William the Bad
    William in Trouble
    William the Conqueror
    Still William
    William's Happy Days
    • Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back with a contemporary cover look illustrated by Steven Lenton and an introduction by Daniel Roche.

      William's Happy Days
      4.9
    • Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back with a contemporary cover look illustrated by Chris Judge and an introduction by Sir Tony Robinson.

      Still William
      4.5
    • William the Conqueror

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back with a contemporary cover look illustrated by Joe Berger and an introduction from actor and comedian Charlie Higson.

      William the Conqueror
      4.5
    • William in Trouble

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      William has a habit of being where he shouldn't be. But the village girls' school is the last place he's likely to be making mischief, isn't it?

      William in Trouble
      4.3
    • William the Bad

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back with a contemporary cover look illustrated by Chris Garbutt and an introduction from Anne Fine.

      William the Bad
      4.3
    • William's Birthday and Other Stories

      • 82 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      With the original text shortened and adapted by Martin Jarvis, this is a collection of four favorite "Just William" stories.

      William's Birthday and Other Stories
      4.3
    • William the Outlaw

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      One hundred years since mischief-maker and troublemaker extraordinaire William Brown stepped onto the scene, he's back in this gorgeous 100th anniversary edition of William the Outlaw.

      William the Outlaw
      4.0
    • Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back with a contemporary cover look illustrated by Lauren Child and an introduction from Bonnie Langford.

      William
      4.0
    • Family Roundabout

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      First published in 1948, this novel is about the life of two families during the inter-war years. We are shown the matriarchs around whom their families spin; but whether they direct their children gently or forcefully, in the end they have to accept them as they are.

      Family Roundabout
      4.2
    • William the Fourth

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Now with a fantastic redesigned cover to tie-in with the brand new BBC WILLIAM television series!

      William the Fourth
      3.9