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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
    Just - William
    Family Roundabout
    William the Outlaw
    William the Bad
    William in Trouble
    William the Conqueror
    • 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
    • William in Trouble

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
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      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
    • William the Bad

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
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      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
    • 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
    • Family Roundabout

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      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
    • Just - William

      • 216 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
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      Whether it's trying to arrange a marriage for his sister or taking a job as a boot boy as step one in his grand plan to run away, Just William manages to cause chaos wherever he goes.

      Just - William
    • More William

      • 210 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      4.0(33)Add rating

      AMENDED ENTRY. Previously announced on ISBN 0333700023, weekly list no. 39, dated 29th September, 1995. First published 1922. Collection of stories including one in which Christmas Day ends in chaos for the Brown family

      More William
    • Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in this delightful anniversary edition to celebrate one hundred years since the first publication of Richmal Crompton's bestselling and beloved classic Just William.

      William Again
    • 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