Author:Richmal Crompton

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Richmal Crompton
(1890–1969)

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Richmal Crompton Lamburn was an English author; initially trained as a schoolmistress but later became a popular English writer, best known for her Just William series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books. The (Just William) series has spawned various television, film, theatre and radio adaptations.

Richmal Crompton

Works

Just William short story collections

Just William, 1922 Project Gutenberg
More William, 1922 Project Gutenberg
William Again, 1923
William the Fourth, 1924
Still William, 1925
William The Conqueror, 1926
William the Outlaw, 1927
William in Trouble, 1927

Just William plays

William and the Artist's Model, 1956
William the Terrible, BBC Radio Plays volume 1, 2008.
William the Lionheart, BBC Radio Plays volume 2, 2008.Schutte
William the Peacemaker, BBC Radio Plays volume 3, 2009.Schutte
William the Avenger, BBC Radio Plays volume 4, 2009.
William the Smuggler, BBC Radio Plays volume 5, 2010.
William's Secret Society, BBC Radio Plays volume 6, 2010.

William-like books

Enter—Patricia, 1927
Jimmy, 1949
Jimmy Again, 1951
Jimmy the Third, 1965

Others

The Innermost Room, 1923
The Hidden Light, 1924
Anne Morrison, 1925
David Wilding, 1926
The House, 1926 (also published as Dread Dwelling)
Kathleen and I, and, of Course, Veronica, 1926 (short stories)
Millicent Dorrington, 1927
A Monstrous Regiment, 1927 (short stories)
Leadon Hill, 1927

Individual short stories

"The Christmas Present" (ss) in The Best British Short Stories of 1922
"The Boy, the Best-Beloved and the Christmas Present" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1924-25
"A Wonderful Woman" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1925
"The Old Love" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1925

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1969, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 54 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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