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Boy: Tales of Childhood / Roald Dahl.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2009Description: 176 pages illustrations 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780142413814
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PR6054.A35
Other classification:
  • Gz,u Dahl, Roald
  • Lz,u Dahl, Roald
Contents:
a Starting-point: Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): Bicycle and the sweet-shop -- Great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- Magic Island -- Visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day -- Writing home -- Matron -- Homesickness -- Drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school.
Summary: Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school.
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Reprint. Originally published: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1984.

a Starting-point: Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): Bicycle and the sweet-shop -- Great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- Magic Island -- Visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day -- Writing home -- Matron -- Homesickness -- Drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school.

Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school.