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English Schoolboy Stories : An Annotated Bibliography of Hardcover Fiction, Hardback Book

English Schoolboy Stories : An Annotated Bibliography of Hardcover Fiction Hardback

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A surprising number of classic English authors wrote school stories, from Mary Shelley and Maria Edgeworth through Evelyn Waugh and Stephen Spender.

Coverage spans two centuries of fiction set in the endowed private schools called Public Schools in England.

Famous works such as Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes and Stalky & Co. by Kipling are described, along with books of accomplished but lesser-known writers such as Charles Turley, Eden Phillpotts, Talbot Baines Reed, and Desmond Coke.

In addition to their pure entertainment value, these novels preserve a wealth of cultural information: class attitudes, sexual development, sports history, consciousness of Empire, role of the Established Church, study of the Classics.

Biographical sketches are provided for most of the authors.

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