num_pages: 127
description: Mr Stone likes to be known as Head Librarian with Excal, and dislikes the prospect of retirement. After a brief acquaintanceship with Mrs Springer, he marries her to defend himself against idleness and solitude. Then a foolproof plan strikes him, to introduce the order of the Knights Companion.
language: English
title: Mr Stone and the Knights Companion
titlecomplete: Mr Stone and the Knights Companion
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels
ratings_count: 241
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: -189360000000
name: Hawthornden Prize
publisher: Macmillan