Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World

A humorous 1923 novel by Owen Johnson, part of his Lawrenceville Stories series, following schoolboy Skippy Bedelle as his contempt for girls gives way to his first romantic awakenings on his comic path from urchin to young man of the world.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›American and Canadian humor, 1900 to 1929›Comic stories and sketches

Reader

Teens›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire