Just William (Abridged) Audiobook

" Richmal Crompton wrote these books for adults but, of course, children are their natural audience. Even so, they are still hilarious - intentionally and not so intentionally. I hesitate to cite the excerpt where William's elderly, puritan and virginal Aunt Jane escorts William the local fair and discovers the joys of the merry-go-round. The phrase "Aunt Jane rode on a giant cock" will endure with special resonance in my memory. "

" The sort of little brother that you could quite cheerfully strangle, William never does anything because he's malicious, he just doesn't think. As a result he gets into scrapes, embarasses various members of the family and made me chuckle. "

" I love this kind of book. It reminded me a lot of 'Little Lord Fauntleroy', one of my favourite books of all time. While Cedric is an angel and William is always up to no good, they're both so fundamentally innocent and endearing. 'Just William' was really funny all the way through, mostly because of Crompton's perfect way of describing things. Her choice of words is spot-on and makes these stories hilarious. I felt genuinely carefree and happy while reading this book, which is a very rare thing for me indeed. I will definitely be reading more of William's adventures. "

" Fantastic book highly entertaining at any age. "

" Loved these books as a kid, love them even more as an adult. When I was 11 I idolised William and now I'm in my 30's I find him hilarious! "

" Not-so-sweet William raises hell in a sleepy little English village in the years before the first world war rocked England. Coming from a time when food is plenty, sweets are delicious (and cheap) and children spent all day outdoors dreaming about pirates and robbers, William is an archetypal image of boyhood. He also happens to be head of a gang called the Outlaws and local disturber of the peace. Richmal Crompton infuses her characters with a lot of humour and wry observations on adolescence and adulthood courtsesy William's long suffering parents, siblings and neighbours. "

" An English homage to Booth Tarkington's Penrod stories. Both are charming, but I prefer Penrod by one unkempt hair. "

" Rachel sent me a CD with a bunch of Just William stories on it, and they were so much fun to listen to! "

" Some of my favourite books. I wanted to ne William when I was a boy and they still take me back to childhood. Crompton was a writer of genius, though I still prefer the first dozen or so books as the later ones are not of the same quality. "

" i'd just like to say that i loved william and the outlaws so much that the better part of my childhood was spent in trying to be like him, but needless to say i failed miserably( long sigh). "

" A trip down memory lane. Great fun. "

" Awesome - according to my 6 year old! "

" I loved the way that William got himself into these situations. I read a little bit every night and couldn't wait to be able to find out what happened next. "

" As brilliant as ever. I'm going to have to scoop a few more of these off the bookshelf when I go home to my folks. "

" Re-read - just as goos as when I was a kid! "

" Brilliant - laugh out loud funny. Although a bit dated with maids and gardeners the stories are so funny. William always manages to triumph in the end. "

" I totally love William.Never can get enough of Richmal Crompton's hero. "

" Not the Antichrist, though I suspect that Violet Elizabeth Bott has her doubts. "

" i love these books so much, they are so hilarious! And always keep me laughing. "

" Children's fiction at its best. A child hero who is pure evil. "

" I can't help but feel that William Brown would have an ASBO in this day and age... "

" One of the best children's stories. Series of misadventures of a becomingly naughty boy that made me laugh so hard I cried. "

" As brilliant as ever. I'm going to have to scoop a few more of these off the bookshelf when I go home to my folks. "

" I totally love William.Never can get enough of Richmal Crompton's hero. "

" Re-read - just as goos as when I was a kid! "

" I can't help but feel that William Brown would have an ASBO in this day and age... "

" Not the Antichrist, though I suspect that Violet Elizabeth Bott has her doubts. "

" i love these books so much, they are so hilarious! And always keep me laughing. "

" Very charming book. I would have liked William as a best friend. So funny, smart, and naive. "

" I love William--he's such a grubby, earnest, scowling, rebellious child, with such a heavy hand on the sarcasm. These books are a hugely entertaining window into middle-class English family life in the twenties. "