Before Tom Brown PG25 Babitz's incisive intelligence and

Babitz's incisive intelligence and

For children aged 9+

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Before Tom Brown PG25 Babitz's incisive intelligence andThe 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