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Richmal Crompton

    15 novembre 1890 – 11 janvier 1969

    Richmal Crompton, initialement formée comme institutrice, est devenue une écrivaine anglaise renommée, célèbre pour sa série Just William. Sa fiction explore la vie familiale et sociale, examinant les contraintes que ces environnements imposent tout en nourrissant les individus. Crompton dépeint avec maestria les enfants comme des observateurs curieux des normes sociales, ses jeunes protagonistes, en particulier William et sa bande, émergeant invariablement victorieux.

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

      • 336pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      4,5(2)Évaluer

      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

      • 272pages
      • 10 heures de lecture
      4,3(289)Évaluer

      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

      • 272pages
      • 10 heures de lecture
      4,3(270)Évaluer

      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

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      4,2(320)Évaluer

      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

      • 216pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      4,1(4737)Évaluer

      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
    • Just William at Christmas

      • 200pages
      • 7 heures de lecture
      3,4(3)Évaluer

      During the Christmas season William manages to spread chaos wherever he goes

      Just William at Christmas
    • More William

      • 210pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      4,0(33)Évaluer

      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