![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Richmal Crompton conceived the unforgettable star of the Just William stories about the adventures of a mischievous boy and his band of outlaws, who are beset by the loathsome Violet and always, somehow, come out on top. It may be surprising that a female author – and a classics teacher with no children of her own – created 11-year-old William Brown, one of the most enduring characters in fiction over the last 100 years. We look back on nearly 100 years of the cheekiest boy in children’s fiction. Just William and his gang of outlaws got up to all sorts of mischief, always with hilarious consequences. ![]()
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