Timeline
Lifetime:
1822 -
1896
Passed: ≈
128 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Thomas Hughes
Books by Thomas Hughes
Tom Brown's School Days
Fiction
Novel
Education
Children's Literature
Education
Friendship
England
Cricket
Classic Literature
Coming-of-age
Victorian era
Character development
Boys
Boarding school
Public school
Rugby School
British School
Moral Values
Sportsmanship
Bullying
Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes first published in 1857. The story is set at Rugby School, a public school for boys, in the 1830s. Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842. The novel was originally published as being "by an...
Tom Brown at Oxford
This sequel to Tom Brown's School Days follows Tom to Oxford, where he studies at St. Ambrose's College. While the college is fictional, the story provides a glimpse into the workings of Oxford in the nineteenth century, and the relationships betwee...