Tom Brown's Schooldays
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Title
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Subject
Children's books, athleticism, school stories
Description
A didactic school story, Tom Brown's Schooldays was intended to instill young boys in the tradition of British masculinity, through providing positive examples of tenacity, athletics, and schoolboy bravery. Thomas Hughes was an adherent of Muscular Christianity, a philosophical movement of the nineteenth century. which promoted a belief in patriotic duty, discipline, self-sacrifice, masculinity, and the moral and physical beauty of athleticism.
Creator
Hughes, Thomas
Publisher
Macmillian
Date
1857
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Original Format
Book
Collection
Citation
Hughes, Thomas , “Tom Brown's Schooldays,” Shellshock Popular Culture Archive, accessed October 25, 2026, https://shellshockpopularculturearchive.com/omeka/items/show/23.
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