Tom Brown's School Days

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Tom Brown's School DaysISBN13:9781534608955ISBN10:1534608958Author:Hughes, Thomas (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Tom Brown's School Days Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's School Days (Sometimes Written Tom Brown's Schooldays, Also Published Under The Titles Tom Brown At Rugby, School Days At Rugby, And Tom Brown's School Days At Rugby) Is An 1857 Novel By Thomas Hughes The Story Is Set In The 1830S At Rugby School, A Public School For Boys Hughes Attended Rugby School From 1834 To 1842 Tom Brown Is Energetic, Stubborn, Kind-Hearted And Athletic, Rather Than Intellectual He Follows His Feelings And The Unwritten Rules Of The Boys The Early Chapters Of The Novel Deal With His Childhood At His Home In The Vale Of White Horse Much Of The Scene Setting In The First Chapter Is Deeply Revealing Of Victorian England's Attitudes Towards Society And Class, And Contains A Comparison Of So-Called Saxon And Norman Influences On England This Part Of The Book, When Young Tom Wanders The Valleys Freely On His Pony, Serves As A Contrast With The Hellish Experiences In His First Years At School His First School Year Is At A Local School His Second Year Starts At A Private School, But Due To An Epidemic Of Fever In The Area, All The School's Boys Are Sent Home, And Tom Is Transferred Mid-Term To Rugby School On His Arrival, The Eleven-Year-Old Tom Brown Is Looked After By A More Experienced Classmate, Harry Scud East Tom's Nemesis At Rugby Is The Bully Flashman The Intensity Of The Bullying Increases, And, After Refusing To Hand Over A Sweepstake Ticket For The Favourite In A Horse Race, Tom Is Deliberately Burned In Front Of A Fire Tom And East Defeat Flashman With The Help Of Diggs, A Kind, Comical, Older Boy In Their Triumph They Become Unruly The Novel Was Originally Published As Being By An Old Boy Of Rugby, And Much Of It Is Based On The Author's Experiences Tom Brown Is Largely Based On The Author's Brother George Hughes George Arthur, Another Of The Book's Main Characters, Is Generally Believed To Be Based On Arthur Penrhyn Stanley The Fictional Tom's Life Also Resembles The Author's, In That The Culminating Event Of His School Career Was A Cricket Match The Novel Also Features Dr Thomas Arnold (1795 Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2016-06-09Weight:0.77 lbsDimensions:0.42'' H x 10'' L x 7.01'' WNumber of Pages:196Language:English

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