Tom Brown's Schooldays (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Hughes, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192835351 ISBN 13: 9780192835352

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

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 this title

About the Author:

Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer, politician, and author best known for his semi-autobiographical classic Tom Brown's School Days. Trained as a lawyer, Hughes was appointed a county-court judge before being elected to the British Parliament. Hughes was also a committed social reformer, and was one of the founders and later principal of Working Men's College. His interest in social structures led him to become involved with the model village, and he later founded a settlement that experimented with utopian life in Tennessee. In addition to Tom Brown, Hughes penned The Scouring of the White Horse, Tom Brown at Oxford, Life of Alfred the Great, and Memoir of a Brother. He died in 1896.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0192835351
• ISBN 13: 9780192835352
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Sanders Andrew