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Stalky & Co.
''Stalky & Co.'' is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the ''Windsor Magazine''). Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters. It is set at an unnamed school referred to as ''the College'' or ''the Coll.'', which is based on the United Services College in Devon, which Kipling attended. The character Beetle, one of the main trio, is partly based on Kipling himself, while the charismatic character Stalky is based on Lionel Dunsterville, M'Turk is based on George Charles Beresford and Mr King is based on William Carr Crofts.〔("Boy-Society in Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co.", Lynne M. Rosenthal ), ''The Lion and the Unicorn (journal)'' Volume 2, Number 2, 1978 pp. 16-26〕
The stories have elements of revenge, the macabre, bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from childish or idealised. For example, Beetle pokes fun at an earlier, more earnest, boys' book, ''Eric, or, Little by Little'', thus flaunting his more worldly outlook. There is also some information about Stalky in later life.
==Further stories==
More tales about Stalky & Co. appeared in magazines and later in collections:〔(List of Stories )〕 "Regulus" in ''A Diversity of Creatures'' (1917); "Stalky" in ''Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides'' (1923); "The United Idolators" and "The Propagation of Knowledge" in ''Debits and Credits'' (1926); and "The Satisfaction of a Gentleman" (with the others) in ''The Complete Stalky & Co'' (1929). Kipling describes "Stalky" as the first of the Stalky & Co tales to be written: it was originally published in ''The Windsor Magazine'' and ''McClure's Magazine'' in 1898.〔("Stalky" )〕
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