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Tom Brown's Schooldays & Tom Brown at Oxford Paperback – 20 November 1997

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Lively and mischievous, idle and brave, Tom Brown is both the typical boy of his time and the perennial hero celebrated by authors as diverse as Henry Fielding (in Tom Jones) and Alec Waugh (in The Loom of Youth). The book describes Tom's time at Rugby School from his first football match, through his troubled adolescence when he is savagely bullied by the unspeakable Flashman, to his departure for a wider world as a confident young man. This classic tale of a boy's schooldays under the benevolent eye of the renowned Dr Arnold still retains the appeal for which it was acclaimed on its first publication in 1857. In its less well-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford, we follow our hero to St Ambrose's College, and, in sharing his undergraduate experiences, gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century. AUTHOR Thomas Hughes (1822 - 1896) attended Rugby School. The school and its headmaster, Dr Thomas Arnold, served as his inspiration for 'Tom Brown's School Days', an adventure based on life in a public school.

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1853261084
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978-1853261084
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New Ed
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Wordsworth
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20 November 1997
Language

English
Dimensions

12.45 x 4.32 x 19.56 cm
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352 pages
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wordsworth; New Ed edition (20 November 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1853261084
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1853261084
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.45 x 4.32 x 19.56 cm

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2019

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A very old book, so a little difficult to read, I wish someone had told my uncle that 40 years ago before he bought it for me I could never read it then, which was partly my reason for getting it now, an interesting insight into that era....also a first introduction to Harry Flashman and that may lead you to 12 jems..

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Reviewed in the United States on 4 December 2015

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Excellent transaction. Item as described and fast shipping. Thank You.

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Kids Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2019

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Bought for my children to share. My son would read it to his sister. They enjoyed it.

V.M.W.

More historical value than entertainment or even literary value

Reviewed in the United States on 10 July 2014

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I never would have enjoyed it for its plotline, but its a fascinating look into Victorian schooling, and how children, especially boys, were raised and what thoughts and sentiments they were raised to hold. We read it in light of the impending Crimeian and Boer Wars as well as the Great War's outbreak--you really see in the values that were instilled in the students how they grew to be the young men that initially at least, as no one enjoyed the tragic blood-baths that awaited them there, they were happy to go on, as Churchill first called it, a jolly little war.

D. Murphy

Tom Brown at Oxford - an interesting sequel

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My memory of reading "Tom Brown at Oxford" many years ago centres mainly on the very vivid descriptions of rowing races at Oxford University. On re-reading the book, it didn't disappoint in this regard. The palpable excitement of the races is still there. The novel charts the progress of Tom Brown, fresh out of Rugby School, as an undergraduate at Oxford. It shows the development of the naive and somewhat brash young man with set ideas into someone who gradually becomes open to new thinking.
Most of the book is set in Oxford and introduces new friends and acquaintances for our hero. Less successful, in my opinion, are the rural scenes later in the book, contrived to create a love interest for Tom and his new friend Hardy. The author puts an incomprehensible dialect into the mouths of the rustic characters, while the more educated characters speak with great eloquence. The arrival of Tom's old Rugby friend Harry East livens up this section somewhat but my preference would have been for the author to develop the University side of things more deeply and focus on the characters there, especially the enigmatic Blake.
Nevertheless a good and interesting read.

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