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Tom Brown's School Days

Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Boys
ISBN : CUB:U183032223684

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Before Tom Brown

Author : Robert J. Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780718897383

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Before Tom Brown by Robert J. Kirkpatrick Pdf

The use of school life as a closed narrative environment is well documented, and modern examples such as Malory Towers and Harry Potter show the genre's continued appeal. While there have been several histories of the school story, especially in children's literature, almost all of them take as their starting point Tom Brown's Schooldays. Although occasionally acknowledged in passing, there has never been a complete study of earlier school stories, or of other fictional portrayals of school life before the middle of the eighteenth century. In Before Tom Brown, Robert Kirkpatrick traces the roots of the school story back to 2500BC, when school life was a feature of Sumerian, Egyptian and Graeco-Roman texts written as teaching aids for children. From Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to Shakesperean comedies, he explores for the first time the use of school dialogues in the classroom, in print and on stage, and presents new evidence that the first school novel appeared in 1607. Finally, he examines the role of the school story in the broader development of the novel as the genre became established through the eighteenth century. Readers will be rewarded with a whole new perspective on the history of children's literature.

The Vision

Author : Tom Brown,Tom Brown, Jr.
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B3396099

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The Vision by Tom Brown,Tom Brown, Jr. Pdf

America's most respected outdoorsman reveals the secrets of the American Indians' Vision Quest, an odyssey of self-knowledge and fulfillment, a spiritual journey into the wilderness and the soul.

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Author : Tom Brown,Thomas Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000551259

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Tom Brown's School Days

Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547045168

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"Tom Brown's School Days" is a novel by Thomas Hughes, published in1857. The story is set in the 1830s at Rugby School, an English public school. The author attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842, and the novel is mainly based on his adventures there. Tom Brown is mostly based on the author's brother George Hughes. The peak of Tom Brown's school career – a cricket match was also written from the author's own experiences. "Tom Brown's School Days" inspired several film adaptations and started a whole new genre of British literature - British school novels.

Tom Brown's School Days

Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Boarding schools
ISBN : HARVARD:HWKQ5R

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Recounts the adventures of a young English boy at Rugby School in the early nineteenth century.

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000108634

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Tom Brown's Schooldays

Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780192669285

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A classic of Victorian literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, Tom Brown's Schooldays has long had an influence well beyond the middle-class, public school world that it describes. An active social reformer, Hughes wrote with a freshness, a lack of cant, and a kind, relaxed tolerance which keeps this novel refreshingly distinct from other schoolboy adventures. This edition is the only one available, and comes with the outstanding 1869 illustrations by Arthur Hughes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Tom Brown's School Days

Author : Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00043800

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Tom Brown's School Days

Author : An Old Boy
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752378184

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Reproduction of the original: Tom Brown's School Days by An Old Boy

TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS

Author : AN OLD BOY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Grandfather

Author : Tom Brown
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996-12
Category : Human ecology
ISBN : 0425155935

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Grandfather by Tom Brown Pdf

"Grandfather was an anachronism. Modern time and place had no value in his world, for his world was without limits or time. His world was that of nature and eternity. He was truly one of the ancients, part man, part animal, and almost entirely spirit. His home was the wilderness, and in the wilderness, he tested all things. Most of all, he was a searcher for truth. His was a life of grand simplicity that few would ever know, where true riches were defined in beauty..." Tom Brown, Jr. Here is the incredible true story of a Native American whose tribe roamed free, far from the chaos we call "civilization." His wisdom is a remarkable integration of different philosophies, of different peoples, tribes, and religions. Now Tom Brown, Jr. shares the insights of his beloved teacher--insights that speak to the eternal spirit within us all.