'I'm not int'rested in Church History an' I've got something like those at school. 'No,' said William gloomily and truthfully.

'Did you like the book and instruments that Uncle and I gave you?' said Aunt Emma brightly. Sometimes William can be very moral – he is inspired to tell the truth for the duration of Christmas Day in William's Truthful Christmas ( Still William, 1925) with unhappy results: His well-meaning efforts often result in unfortunate outcomes.

William always manages to get into trouble with his parents, although he can never see why. His scruffy mongrel is called Jumble.Ī William story often starts when William or the Outlaws set out to do something, such as putting on a play, collecting scrap metal for the war effort or looking after Violet Elizabeth Bott. William is the leader of his band of friends, who call themselves the Outlaws, with his best friend Ginger and his other friends Henry and Douglas. A road sign shown in a Thomas Henry illustration from 'William Gets A Move On' in ' William Does His Bit' reads 'London A1', which would place the village north of London. It has also been suggested (in Margarey Disher's book Growing Up with Just William) that it is situated somewhere around Bromley, Kent. In Pensions for Boys in Sweet William (1936), it is suggested that the village is about 50 miles from London. A number of guesses have been made about where the stories are set. William Brown is a middle-class schoolboy of 11, who lives in a country village in Southern England. It also has a large fan following, with such groups as the Just William Society. The series has spawned various television, film, theatre and radio adaptations. Each book, with the exception of the novel Just William's Luck, is a collection of short stories. The first book was Just William, and often the entire series is named after this book. Throughout the series, the protagonist remains at the same eleven years of age, despite each book being set in the era in which it was written. The books were published over a period of almost fifty years, between 19. The books chronicle the adventures of the unruly schoolboy William Brown. The Just William series is a sequence of thirty-eight books written by English author Richmal Crompton.

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