{"product_id":"2026600003066-secondhand-dismal-jimmy-of-the-fourth","title":"Dismal Jimmy Of The Fourth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: colour frontis. 3 b\/w plates. award plate on front pastedown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic work of British school fiction, Dismal Jimmy of the Fourth chronicles the comic misadventures of Jimmy, a perpetually gloomy and hapless schoolboy navigating the trials of life in the fourth form at a traditional English boarding school. With a warmly humorous tone characteristic of early twentieth-century boys' literature, the narrative presents a cast of lively schoolmates, eccentric masters, and the kind of scrapes and schemes that defined the golden age of the school story genre. Jimmy's melancholic disposition sets him apart from his peers, and it is precisely this quality that drives the gentle, good-natured comedy at the heart of the tale. Fans of classic school stories in the tradition of Frank Richards and Talbot Baines Reed will find this a thoroughly entertaining and nostalgic read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810636771547,"sku":"2026600003066-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/92f04cf2-7603-4692-818d-c5007691391e.png?v=1779806377","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600003066-secondhand-dismal-jimmy-of-the-fourth","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}