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About this audiobook
The intense social dynamics and moral trials of youth take center stage in this collection of vibrant tales. From the crushing isolation of being shunned by peers to the exhilarating triumphs of the sports field, the varied experiences of growing up are explored with raw honesty. Each narrative provides a unique window into the courage, folly, and fierce loyalties that define the transition to adulthood. Experience the unforgettable highs and devastating lows of schoolboy life.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length8 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Story 1.
26Chapter Two.: The Night Watch.
2Chapter One.: The School cuts me.
27Story 9.: Run to Earth.
3Story 1.
28Chapter One.: On the Trail.
4Chapter Two.: I am Beaten.
29Story 9.
5Story 2.: A True Story in two Chapters.
30Chapter Two.: Bowled Out.
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6Chapter One.: The Story.
31Story 10.
7Story 2.
32New Light on an old Fable.
8Chapter Two.: The Ghost.
33A Discovery.
9Story 3.
34Story 11.
10Chapter One.: The Poetry Club.
35Chapter One.
11Story 4.
36The Coastguardsman’s Yarn.
12Chapter One.: Eighteen Hours with a “Kid.”
37A Legend of the Civil War.
13Story 5.: Sigurd the Hero.
38Story 12.
14Chapter One.: The Tower of the North-West Wind.
39Fallen among Thieves.
15Story 6.
40A Grandfather’s Yarn.
16Chapter One.
41Chapter One.
17My First Tragedy.
42Story 13.
18Foreword.
43Our Novel.
19Story 7.: A Night with the Crowned Heads.
44A Summer Holiday Achievement.
20Chapter One.: The Arrest.
45Chapter One.: The Plot.
21Story 7.
46Story 13.
22Chapter Two.: The Trial.
47Chapter Two.: The Plot Thickens.
23Story 8.: A Story of the Civil Wars.
48Story 14.
24Chapter One.: The Interrupted Feast.
49Preface.: Our own Penny-dreadful.
25Story 8.
50Story 14.
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