William—the good

Chapter 1: WILLIAM—THE GOOD

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About This Book

A collection of comic short stories centers on a mischievous schoolboy whose well-intended schemes during holidays, village entertainments, and domestic life produce chaotic misunderstandings and slapstick results. Episodes show him attempting sudden bouts of virtue, amateur theatricals, money-making plans, petty revenge, and helpful but misdirected interventions involving friends and family. The tone balances affectionate satire of adult pretensions with sympathetic attention to childhood logic, loyalty to a ragtag gang, and the gap between intention and consequence.

WILLIAM—THE GOOD

By the Same Author

(1) JUST WILLIAM
(2) MORE WILLIAM
(3) WILLIAM AGAIN
(4) WILLIAM—THE FOURTH
(5) STILL—WILLIAM
(6) WILLIAM—THE CONQUEROR
(7) WILLIAM—THE OUTLAW
(8) WILLIAM—IN TROUBLE
(9) WILLIAM—THE GOOD
(10) WILLIAM
(11) WILLIAM—THE BAD
(12) WILLIAM’S HAPPY DAYS
(13) WILLIAM’S CROWDED HOURS
(14) WILLIAM—THE PIRATE
(15) WILLIAM—THE REBEL
(16) WILLIAM—THE GANGSTER
(17) WILLIAM—THE DETECTIVE
(18) SWEET WILLIAM
(19) WILLIAM—THE SHOWMAN
(20) WILLIAM—THE DICTATOR
(21) WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
(22) WILLIAM AND THE EVACUEES
(23) WILLIAM DOES HIS BIT
(24) WILLIAM CARRIES ON
(25) WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST