Book info

• Title Just William
• Author Richmal Crompton
• Year 1922
• Genre Childrens

In Richmal Compton's Just William the Outlaws plan a day of non-stop adventure. The only problem is that William is meant to be babysitting. But William won't let that stop him having fun with his gang – he'll just bring the baby along! There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, loveable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922.

Thoughts

I don’t remember why I had this audiobook nestled away in my Audible library, but it made for a good, quick listen while I was doing some chores. It was so well read by Martin Jarvis that you really felt the grumpy childish nature of dear William.

I like the style of these older children’s books too, similar to Paddington and some of the Enid Blyton books, where your main character goes on a variety of different adventures, so each chapter is effectively a short story. It feels like you’re just dipping along for the adventure before dipping back out again. Very nice.

Rating: 3 / 5