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Streszczenie książki Varmint
- 8 min czytania
- 10 parts
- Nagranie wkrótce
A fifteen-year-old with stolen railroad signs in his shirt tells a wild tale to a Latin master on a stagecoach.
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Varmint — najważniejsze informacje
Streszczenie: 8 min czytania
- Czas czytania
- Około 4 h 50 min3 h 50 min fast, 5 h 45 min slow
- Długość
- Liczba słów: 68 600
- Poziom trudności w bibliotece
- Średni longer sentences, everyday words
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1910by Owen Johnson
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Varmint in short
The Varmint follows Dink Stover from his arrival at Lawrenceville through his return as house president. He starts as a boaster and a prankster. A dropped fly ball, a lonely spring of being shunned, and a captain's lessons teach him that nerve is not enough and that respect has to be earned.
What Varmint is about
What happens when a fifteen-year-old steps off a train with stolen railroad signs hidden in his shirt, then tells a stagecoach driver that he once pulled a knife on a man? Dink Stover invents a dead mother, a shipwreck and a ship's cat. The quiet passenger behind him is the Latin master who will teach him for years.
The Varmint was written by Owen Johnson, who drew on his own schooldays, and is set at Lawrenceville, a New Jersey boarding school. You get a boy's world in full, with hot dogs at Laloo's, strawberry jiggers, and a code of rules that nobody writes down. Dink breaks the rules, pays for it, and slowly learns them.
Dla kogo. Readers who love school stories, practical jokes, clever schemers and football will feel at home here, as will anyone who remembers a first term of feeling out of place.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A Teller of Tall Tales Arrives
Dink Stover steps off at Trenton station with his pockets full of loot. Two gilt signs from a railroad car stick to his back, and two nickel knobs from a washbasin weigh down his coat.
On the stagecoach to Lawrenceville he sits beside the driver and decides to be a legend. He says his last school expelled him for pulling a knife on a man who insulted his mother. Then he adds that she died in a shipwreck saving him, and that only he and the ship's cat survived. The dignified passenger behind him listens with a twitching lip.
Dink does not know that this man is the Latin master, called The Roman. He takes him for a traveling salesman, calls him old sport, and promises to own the house within a week. When the slate roofs and the water tower rise over the hills, he stands up in awe, and for a moment the act drops away.
Tall tales buy a boy a grand entrance and send the bill to the next morning.
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The Green House Teaches Its Newcomer
Dink walks the stone path to the Green House carrying a bag held together with string.
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The Souvenir Set Teaches a Costly Lesson
At the Jigger Shop, Dink meets two partners in business, Doc Macnooder and the Tennessee Shad.
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One Dropped Ball Brings Disgrace and a Triumph
On his arrival afternoon Dink is made to play center field for the Green House.
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A Lonely Spring Ends With a Vow
Dink runs from two bullying boys, runs again, and decides he is a coward.
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The Knack of Talking Back and the Call of Football
Dink comes back in the fall taller, heavier and quieter, with the cherub's roundness gone from his face.
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Schemes, Signals and the Great Dressing Race
The middle of the book is a run of business comedies.
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A Single Word Decides a Game
By late fall Dink is the scrub team's fastest end.
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The Boy Who Rules the House
After the football season, Dink tries to be a sport.
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What the Story Is About and How It Is Told
Johnson's main subject is how a boy becomes a man among other boys.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Dink Stover A cherub-faced boy with a gift for tall tales who wants to be admired and slowly learns what earns respect.
- The Roman (Mr. Hopkins) The Latin master whose dry wit and twitching lip make Dink certain that he has a deadly enemy.
- The Tennessee Shad Dink's lazy, brilliant roommate who prefers to talk others into doing the work and has a plan for everything.
- Doc Macnooder A schoolboy businessman who sells anything to anyone and always keeps the controlling share.
- Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan A tiny, endlessly talkative joker who teaches Dink the knack of talking back.
- Tough McCarty A strong, honest boy who starts as Dink's rival and slowly becomes his closest friend.
- Garry Cockrell The football captain who teaches Dink to think before he charges and to play with a cool head.
- Butsey White Dink's roly-poly first roommate who guides him around the village and laughs hardest at his mistakes.
How it ends (spoiler)
Dink takes a special Latin examination in The Roman's study. The master leaves the room and trusts him alone, and Dink cannot cheat. He hands in a blank sheet with only his name, yet The Roman says it will just about pass. Dink, who is chosen captain, finally sees that The Roman has stood by him throughout. He goes to apologize, and the master tells him that the boy who causes the most trouble is the one most worth saving.
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Pytania o Varmint
What is The Varmint about?
It is a school novel about Dink Stover, a boy with a wild imagination who arrives at Lawrenceville full of boasts. Through pranks, a fight, football and friendships, he learns what earns him respect and becomes a leader.
Who is The Roman in The Varmint?
The Roman is the nickname of Mr. Hopkins, the Latin master and Dink's house master. Dink meets him on the stagecoach without knowing who he is, and sees him as a lifelong enemy.
What does the nickname the Varmint mean?
Varmint is an affectionate word for a mischievous scamp. Characters, including Tough McCarty, call Dink a little varmint, and the word marks his stubborn, restless, fighting spirit as he grows up.
Is The Varmint a true story and when was it written?
It is a novel, not a memoir, although Owen Johnson drew on his own time at Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. It was written in the early twentieth century and belongs to his Lawrenceville stories.
Is The Varmint easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it is full of quick dialogue, short scenes and comic nicknames. The chapters follow linked episodes, such as ball games, pranks and football matches, with some events and their consequences continuing into later chapters.
Zacytuj to wydanie
Johnson, Owen. The Varmint. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-varmint.
Johnson, O. (2026). The varmint. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-varmint (Original work published 1910)
Johnson, Owen. The Varmint. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-varmint.
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