Project Gutenberg 2013-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 266 Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) 1872 1957 Brereton, Frederick Sadleir Prater, Ernest King of Ranleigh: A School Story E-text prepared by sp1nd, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "King of Ranleigh: A School Story" by Captain F. S. Brereton is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. This coming-of-age tale follows Clive Darrell, a spirited young boy navigating the trials of boyhood and school life as he embarks on a journey to the fictional Ranleigh school. The story introduces themes of friendship, rivalry, and adventure, particularly through the interactions between Clive and his friends Hugh and Bert as they confront the bullying presence of a newcomer, Rawlings. The opening of the novel establishes Clive and his friends in a workshop where they are busy planning revenge against Rawlings, who has ordered them off a path that was once part of their home. Clive's inventive spirit shines when he devises a humorous trap to embarrass Rawlings, leading to a series of misadventures. As Clive prepares to leave for Ranleigh, excitement and anxiety mix, and he looks forward to a new life at school, hoping for camaraderie and opportunity amidst the backdrop of looming conflicts with his rivals. The chapter sets the tone for the adventures and challenges that will unfold as Clive and his friends settle into their new environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42862/42862-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Boys -- Juvenile fiction Schools -- England -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 546974 2025-08-17T09:58:37.192681 text/html 527613 2024-10-23T16:08:59 text/html 838067 2025-08-17T09:58:43.434689 application/epub+zip 846119 2025-08-17T09:58:38.169708 application/epub+zip 272075 2025-08-17T09:58:37.607688 application/epub+zip 1011409 2025-08-17T09:58:47.721648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 982262 2025-08-17T09:58:42.994674 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409238 2022-09-19T14:52:45.666515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522465 2025-08-17T09:58:36.289749 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 502491 2024-10-23T16:08:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17076 2025-08-17T09:58:47.867628 application/rdf+xml 28145 2025-08-17T09:58:37.692697 image/jpeg 4343 2025-08-17T09:58:37.649687 image/jpeg 813556 2025-08-17T09:58:37.255686 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia