| Description |
1 volume : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Summary |
Few could deny that Charles Hamilton was one of the great school story writers, if not the greatest of all time. Writing mainly under the pseudonyms of Frank Richards and Martin Clifford his work appeared continuously for over 30 years in those famous Fleetway magazines, the âÂÂMagnetâ and the âÂÂGemâÂÂ. Most famous of all, was his immortal character Billy Bunter, the Fat Owl of the Greyfriars Remove: along with those other boyhood heroes Harry Wharton & Co., whose exploits in the âÂÂMagnetâ delighted generations of readers from 1908 to 1940. The war unhappily saw the end of the âÂÂMagnetâÂÂ, but the post-war years witnessed the return of the Greyfriars stories in other formats. However, nothing quite captured the evergreen magic of the original âÂÂMagnetâÂÂ. So here, for the first time, are presented faithful facsimiles of those well-loved papers. Each volume will contain a complete series. In this, the first, we follow the adventures of Billy Bunter and his friends in the land of the Pyramids. Now read on, gentle reader, and bask in nostalgia for 'the best years of your life'. -- Dust jacket |
| Notes |
Reprint of The Magnet library, v. 42, nos. 1277-1284, 1932 |
| Subject |
Bunter, Billy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Adventure stories -- Juvenile fiction.
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Boys -- Juvenile fiction.
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Students -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Hamilton, Charles, 1875-1961, author
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| ISBN |
0093098901 |
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