The Complete Stalky & Co.

"The Complete Stalky & Co." is a seminal collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling that chronicles the mischievous and clever exploits of three boys-Stalky, M'Turk, and Beetle-at a British boarding school. Set in the late nineteenth century at the United Services College, these tales depart from the traditional moralizing Victorian school story, instead offering a gritty, humorous, and unsentimental look at adolescence.

The trio operates as a tight-knit unit, using their wits to outsmart both...