School stories

On 31 Mar 2026 20:25:02 GMT, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:27:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> Aha bliss,. I think you would really enjoy Rudyard Kipling's 'Stalky &
>> Co'
>> - an account of his childhood in a British Public School.
>
>I reread that several times, as well as Kim. In retrospect some of the 
>behavior verged on what CS Lewis wrote about 'public' schools. 

Kipling was writing fiction, though no doubt based on his own
experience at school, what Lewis wrote was non-fiction.

My review of "Stalky & Co" here:
<https://methodius.blogspot.com/2023/04/rebellious-victorian-schoolboys-stalky.html>

In which Kipling deals mainly with the question of authoritarianism in
schools. 

Both Kipling and Lewis wrote about Edwardian English public schools.

Lewis also mentioned schools in his fiction, most notably in "The
Silver Chair", where he describes authoritarianism in what was
ostensibly a libertarian school. 




 
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