
A classic of Victorian literature & one of the earliest books written specifically for boys Tom Browns Schooldays" has long had an influence well beyond the middle-class public school world that it describes. The book describes Toms time at Rugby School from his first football match through his troubled adolescence when he is savagely bullied by the unspeakable Flashman to his departure for a wider world as a confident young man. This classic tale of a boys schooldays under the benevolent eye of the renowned Dr Arnold still retains the appeal for which it was acclaimed on its first publication."