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by Thomas Hughes (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 Oct 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140621326
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140621327
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 267,213 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The idea for "Tom Brown's Schooldays" came one day when Thomas Hughes was wondering what to say to his son, aged 8, before he went off to Rugby. He decided that "good might be done by writing a real novel for boys, written in a right spirit but distinctly aimed at being interesting".
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nauseatingly sentimental at times but an essential reference, 23 Jan 2001
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Ignore the first chapter which is one of the worst written book openings ever. The rest of the book describes in incredibly sentimental terms a young boy's education at Rugby. The boy's adventures are compelling not least to have an idea of what an English Public school was in the early 1800s. The best part however, concerns the fabulous character that Thomas Hughes created in the bully Flashman. You need to have read this book to fully appreciate the genius of the Flashman Papers subsequently written by George MacDonald Fraser. Thomas Hughes' book is seminal work and must be viewed as a great reference book.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Historically fascinating, 15 Nov 2002
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I first tried to read this when I was 12 and found it very heavy going. Several attempts later, I managed it all the way through and was very glad I did. The glimpses of lost England it gives are fascinating and anyone skipping the first chapter misses so much legend and history. I grew up in this area of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and found this chapter very interesting.
Yes, it is sentimental, but you have to remember the time in which it was written. It is probably the first ever school story written and one of the first fiction books for children that aimed at entertaining rather than merely lecturing.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Turn, pause, look back and wave, 16 Feb 2006
By B. Davison "donutboy2k" (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Brown's Schooldays (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
Tom Brown's Schooldays is part novel, part education theory, but it is a great read. It is true that boys these days are unlikely to incur the wrath of their friends for not recognising a beech tree on sight, and that particular incident highlights the difference between the world described and the world as we know it. Despite this, it does not present an unrecognisable world and it actually allows us to look back on a time and a tradition long gone from modern Britain, and to smile at the innocence of children in the Victorian Era. The characters are what keeps the novel alive. To watch Tom grow from young boy to troublemaker to responsible, caring young man ready for Oxford, is a moving experience. The cast of characters around him ensure that he gets into all sorts of scrapes along the way, and the portrait painted of the great Dr. Thomas Arnold is one of a very intelligent, strong, yet caring man who quietly goes about the business of turning Tom into a young man worthy of praise. It is true that this book contains possibly the worst opening chapter in all of English literature, but get past that and you'll discover something quite special.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Influential School Novel
"Tom Brown's Schooldays" by Thomas Hughes (1822 - 1896) was originally published in 1857, and clearly inspired other school novels for many years to come. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great
Jeeze louise, after taking more than three weeks to mull over the first hundered pages of this at times hard going but brilliant book i finished the following two hundered in... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2003 by mike

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
Despite a somewhat cloying sentimentality I enjoyed this book and found it amusing and touching. Flashman is a wonderfully despicable character, in fact probably more palatable... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2001 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything that was great about an English childhood!
Despite a rathre odd first chapter, Tom Brown's Schooldays is a wonderful book about the adventures of public school life. Read more
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