![]() ![]() ![]() He follows his feelings and the unwritten rules of the boys. ![]() Tom Brown is energetic, stubborn, kind-hearted and athletic, rather than intellectual. A sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford, was published in 1861. It also influenced the genre of British school novels, which began in the nineteenth century, and led to fictional depictions of schools such as Mr Chips's Brookfield, and St Trinian's. Tom Brown's School Days has been the source for several film and television adaptations. ![]() The novel also features Dr Thomas Arnold (1795–1842), who was the actual headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. The fictional Tom's life also resembles the author's, in that the culminating event of his school career was a cricket match. George Arthur, another of the book's main characters, is generally believed to be based on Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (Dean Stanley). Tom Brown is largely based on the author's brother George Hughes. The novel was originally published as being "by an Old Boy of Rugby", and much of it is based on the author's experiences. Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842. The story is set in the 1830s at Rugby School, an English public school. Tom Brown's School Days (sometimes written Tom Brown's Schooldays, also published under the titles Tom Brown at Rugby, School Days at Rugby, and Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby) is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. ![]()
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