Before Tom Brown FD25 as well as the problems

as well as the problems of the modern age generally

Drawn from archives and survivor testimonies

including love

making disguised reference to current political events

Matthew Stafford

Before Tom Brown FD25 as well as the problemsThe use of school life as a closed narrative environment is well documented, and modern examples such as Malory Towers and Harry Potter show the genre's continued appeal. While there have been several histories of the school story, especially in children's literature, almost all of them take as their starting point Tom Brown's Schooldays. Although occasionally acknowledged in passing, there has never been a complete study of earlier school stories, or