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The Black Star: A School Story for Boys

Gelesen von KevinS

(4 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

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)

Chapters

Faraday's Bag

11:17

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Doctor Daw Again

13:43

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The Bully-Killer

15:58

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The Broken Showlace

17:25

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Unraveling a Clue

15:53

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Jack is Enlightened

14:45

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The Calamitous Cripples

16:32

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Fane's Fatal Mistake

13:14

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Alias Billy Faraday

15:28

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The Chase for the Star

21:57

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The Black Star

15:26

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Billy Walks in his Sleep

11:54

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A Mystery Unravelled

15:38

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Dog-Face

13:48

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A Jape Goes Wrong

16:39

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Billy Vanishes

25:56

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Hue and Cry

13:41

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Conclusion

10:10

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Bewertungen

Don't expect this book to overtake "Tom Brown's School Days"

(3 Sterne)

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.