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Tom Brown's Schooldays


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No. of pages 348

Published: 2012

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There are 348 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform .

Ted Hughes was appointed Poet Laureate in 1994. His many volumes of poetry for adults include HAWK IN THE RAIN, ELMET, and MOORTOWN DIARY, and he has written widely for children, including three collections of stories, the first of which, HOW THE WHALE BECAME & OTHER STORIES, is published simultaneously in Penguin Audiobooks.

This book contains the following story:

Tom Brown's Schooldays
Thomas Hughes novel about the mischievous but kind-hearted schoolboy Tom Brown begins at Toms childhood home in the Vale of the White Horse. where he spends his days out in the fields with his pony. This early idyllic setting it set up as a contrast to the stresses that Tom undergoes later at Rugby boarding school when he encounters the bully Flashman. Tom is helped through his struggles by his friends Harry Scud East and the frail but brilliant George Arthur. whom Tom protects. and who ultimately helps Tom develop into a young gentleman ready for Oxford university. The original text can be found here.

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