Best known for his beloved childrenâs classic âTom Brownâs School Daysâ, Thomas Hughes was a British jurist, reformer and novelist. He attended Rugby School in the 1830âs and his admiration of the headmaster Thomas Arnold and for games and boyish antics are admirably captured in his famous novel. It enjoyed a phenomenal success, running into nearly 50 editions by 1890. âTom Brownâs School Daysâ was responsible for bringing the school story genre to much wider attention, inspiring the fictional schools of Billy Bunterâs Greyfriars, Mr Chipsâ Brookfield, the girls boarding school of St. Trinianâs and J. K. Rowlingâs Hogwarts. This comprehensive eBook presents Hughesâ complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hughesâ life and works
* Concise introductions to major texts
* All the novels, with individual contents tables
* The Tom Brown books are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Features rare non-fiction works appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Hughesâ seminal study of David Livingstone
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Rare biographies available in no other collection
* Includes Hughesâ autobiography, digitised here for the first time
* Features a bonus biography â discover Hughesâ literary life
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
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CONTENTS:
The Fiction
Tom Brownâs School Days (1857)
The Scouring of The White Horse (1859)
Tom Brown at Oxford (1859)
The Non-Fiction
Religio Laici (1861)
Alfred the Great (1870)
Memoir of a Brother (1873)
True Manliness (1880)
David Livingstone (1889)
Vacation Rambles (1895)
The Autobiography
Early Memories for the Children (1899)
The Biography
Thomas Hughes (1901) by John Llewelyn Davies
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