The Black Star: A School Story for Boys
Andrew H. Walpole
Leído por KevinS
A school adventure set in Australia, with secret societies, bullies, mystery, a new student who calls everyone comrade, and sport, at least one handgun, and more. I only wish I could add an Australian accent! (Summary by KevinS) (4 hr 39 min)
Capítulos
| Faraday's Bag | 11:17 | Leído por KevinS |
| Doctor Daw Again | 13:43 | Leído por KevinS |
| The Bully-Killer | 15:58 | Leído por KevinS |
| The Broken Showlace | 17:25 | Leído por KevinS |
| Unraveling a Clue | 15:53 | Leído por KevinS |
| Jack is Enlightened | 14:45 | Leído por KevinS |
| The Calamitous Cripples | 16:32 | Leído por KevinS |
| Fane's Fatal Mistake | 13:14 | Leído por KevinS |
| Alias Billy Faraday | 15:28 | Leído por KevinS |
| The Chase for the Star | 21:57 | Leído por KevinS |
| The Black Star | 15:26 | Leído por KevinS |
| Billy Walks in his Sleep | 11:54 | Leído por KevinS |
| A Mystery Unravelled | 15:38 | Leído por KevinS |
| Dog-Face | 13:48 | Leído por KevinS |
| A Jape Goes Wrong | 16:39 | Leído por KevinS |
| Billy Vanishes | 25:56 | Leído por KevinS |
| Hue and Cry | 13:41 | Leído por KevinS |
| Conclusion | 10:10 | Leído por KevinS |
Reseñas
Don't expect this book to overtake "Tom Brown's School Days"
Stuart Bain
The reader initially apologises that he is unable to read this book in an Australian accent. He needn't have because there is very little 'Australiana' in it. With the change of a few words throughout this novel could easily be set in the UK or the USA. The style of writing is still very British. The National Library of Australia gives this book a rather poor review, which I think is warranted. (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146183930/17440086) Don't immediately write it off but as I intimated in the subject line, Walpole is no Hughes.