Tom Browns Schooldays

leomessi

Anyone read it? It's awesome

BossArky

No, but I am currently reading a Flashman novel - see other thread in the forum.

Apparently Flashman is the bully from Tom Browns school days?

randomguy

Sitting on a shelf here - have read it a couple of times, but not in years

I remember it being much better than I expected, more complex and involving. Would also recommend the Flashman novels.

randomguy

BossArky wrote: »

Apparently Flashman is the bully from Tom Browns school days?

Yeah, he is. Don't want to ruin the ending, but the message is that ultimately Great Britain is built on the values of Tom Brown - trustworthy, honourable, patriotic, loyal, sportsmanlike etc, in contrast to sneering, cowardly Flashman (even the names give you the idea).

Which is why the Flashman novels are such a good idea - he's saying that in reality it was the Flashmans who got on in life, and who built the empire etc

Karlusss

Oh wow, I hated this book so much. Pedagogical, Victorian moralising rubbish.

vale

I agree I despised it too - so depressing.