Schoolboy honour : a tale of Halminster College
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Schoolboy honour : a tale of Halminster College
（Victorian novels of public school life / edited and introduced by Christopher Stray, v. 1）
Edition Synapse , Thoemmes Press, 2002
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Originally published: New ed. London : George Routledge and Sons, 1866
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This set of five volumes covers a wide range of novels, originally published between 1861 and 1896, depicting various aspects of life in the British public school. With an introduction by Christopher Stray, the set should be a useful resource for anyone interested in Victorian public school education, 19th-century children's literature and British social history. Henry Cadwallader Adams was one of the best writers in the genre, but was insufficiently appreciated. "Schoolboy Honour" has a complicated plot concerning two friends who enter public school together, but the central focus is simple - honour, morality and sin in an Evangelical context. Frederic Farrar and Talbot Baines Reed are among the best-known authors in this field (another novel by Farrar, "Eric, or Little by Little", was a bestseller in its time). Farrar's "St Winifred's" is typical of his highly moralistic style and draws on his experiences at King William's College, Isle of Man. Reed's "The Fifth Form at St Dominics" is believed by many to be the best book written in the genre and combines four narrative strains with considerable skill.
Arthur Gilkes was a master at Shrewsbury before becoming a reforming headmaster of Dulwich School. His work is notable for its spiritualized social reformism and in "The Thing That Hath Been", he shows himself to be a forceful critic of the snobbery of public school life. The novel provides both a strong reformist plot and a detailed account of the inner workings of a school. James Welldon was headmaster of Harrow from 1885 to 1898 and "Gerald Eversley's Friendship" is his only novel. It is set in the "Tom Brown's Schooldays" mould of stiff upper lip and thus offers a useful contrast to Farrar's "St Winifred's", which represents an emotional Christianity rather than the "muscular" Christianity of Tom Brown. The school context is painted in detail and derives from Welldon's own schooldays in the 1860s.
Table of Contents
Volume 1 Schoolboy honour - a tale of Halminster College, Henry Cadwaller Adams. Volume 2 St Winifred's, or the world of school, Frederic William Farrar. Volume 3 The fifth form at St Dominics, Talbot Baines Reed. Volume 4 The thing that hath been, Arthur Herman Gilkes. Volume 5 Gerald Eversley's friendship, a study in real life, James Edward Cowell Welldon.
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