Richmal Crompton, author of Just William : a literary life

Richmal Crompton, author of Just William : a literary life / Jane McVeigh.

Richmal Crompton, Author of Just William: A Literary Life celebrates the first two William books, Just William (1922) and More William (1922). As well as a study of her famous character William Brown, this book is an introduction to Richmal Cromptons less well-known fiction and a story about her wri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McVeigh, Jane (Creative writer) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Series:Literary lives (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
Crompton, Richmal, > 1890-1969
1900-1999
Women authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, English
Women authors, English
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Edward Lamburn and a Classical Education
  • 3. William and Mr Brown
  • 4. Clara Crompton and her Family in Bury
  • 5. William, Mrs Brown and Mothers in Crompton
  • 6. Royal Holloway College, the First World War and Womens Suffrage
  • 7. Birth of Auntie and the Story of a Marriage
  • 8. Birth of Richmal Crompton and William Brown
  • 9. More than Auntie Richmal, the Spinster
  • 10. Polio in Summer 1923
  • 11. Birth of Violet Elizabeth and Introducing William-Lite Characters
  • 12. Growing Up
  • 13. On Stage and in Literary London
  • 14. Richmal Crompton, the Wanderer
  • 15. On the Home Front with William and Richmal
  • 16. William, Flawed Hero
  • 17. William Becomes a Postwar Hero on TV and Radio
  • 18. Richmal Crompton in Her Own Words
  • 19. William, At Home and Abroad
  • 20. Writers' Homage to Crompton and William.

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