Tom Brown at Rugby: A Boy's Life at an English Public School
Thomas Hughes
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A small boy is sent to Rugby under Dr Arnold, is roasted before a fire by a bully, learns cricket and Latin and what a school is for. Thomas Hughes had been there himself and wrote it for his own son; it invented the English school story and, with it, a good deal of the Victorian idea of manliness. The fight chapter comes with a long defence of fighting, which is the most honest thing in the book. Forty years of schoolroom and family life, from Wilkie to Frith, give the plates a Victorian childhood to match Hughes's own.
A small boy is sent to Rugby under Dr Arnold, is roasted before a fire by a bully, learns cricket and Latin and what a school is for. Thomas Hughes had been there himself and wrote it for his own son; it invented the English school story and, with it, a good deal of the Victorian idea of manlines...
About the author
Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) was an English lawyer, politician and reformer born in Berkshire. A Christian socialist and county court judge, he helped found the Working Men's College and a co-operative settlement in Tennessee. His works include Tom Brown's Schooldays, Tom Brown at Oxford, and The Manliness of Christ.
Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) was an English lawyer, politician and reformer born in Berkshire. A Christian socialist and county court judge, he helped found the Working Men's College and a co-operative settlement in Tennessee. His works include Tom Brown's Schooldays, Tom Brown at Oxford, and The Ma...
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