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the 1885 Macmillan and Company edition of '''''Tom Brown at Oxford''''']]
the 1885 Macmillan and Company edition of '''''Tom Brown at Oxford''''']]
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'''''Tom Brown at Oxford''''' is a [[novel]] by [[Thomas Hughes]], first published in serial form in [[Macmillan's Magazine]] in 1859. It was published in two volumes in book form in 1861.<ref>https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008465480</ref> It is a [[sequel]] to the better-known ''[[Tom Brown's School Days]]''.
'''''Tom Brown at Oxford''''' is a [[novel]] by [[Thomas Hughes]], first published in serial form in [[Macmillan's Magazine]] in 1859. It was published in two volumes in book form in 1861.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008465480|title = Tom Brown at Oxford: A sequel to School days at Rugby|year = 1861|publisher = Ticknor and Fields}}</ref> It is a [[sequel]] to the better-known ''[[Tom Brown's School Days]]''.


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The story follows the character of Tom Brown to [[List of fictional Oxford colleges|fictional]] St Ambrose's College, Oxford. The novel offers a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Tom-Browns-Schooldays-Brown-at-Oxford/1853261084</ref>
The story follows the character of Tom Brown to a [[List of fictional Oxford colleges|fictional]] St Ambrose's College, Oxford. The novel offers a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Tom-Browns-Schooldays-Brown-at-Oxford/1853261084|title = Tom Brown's Schooldays and Tom Brown at Oxford|date = 5 April 1993}}</ref>


The book was out of print for many years but is available in Britain from Wordsworth Classics with 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and is now available on the [[Project Gutenberg]] [[ebook]] site. Editions of the serialized form are available at from the Hathi Trust. <ref>https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008465480</ref>
The book was out of print for many years but is available in Britain from Wordsworth Classics with 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and is now available on the [[Project Gutenberg]] [[ebook]] site. Editions of the serialized form are available at the Hathi Trust.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008465480|title = Tom Brown at Oxford: A sequel to School days at Rugby|year = 1861|publisher = Ticknor and Fields}}</ref>


The illustrator [[Sydney Prior Hall]] (1842–1922), portrait painter and illustrator, was one of the leading ''[[reportage]]'' artists of the later Victorian period.
The illustrator [[Sydney Prior Hall]] (1842–1922), a portrait painter and illustrator, was one of the leading ''[[reportage]]'' artists of the later Victorian period.


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==References==
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*[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp01987&role=art National Portrait Gallery page on Sydney Prior Hall]
*[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp01987&role=art National Portrait Gallery page on Sydney Prior Hall]


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Tom Brown at Oxford
Cover of 1885 Macmillan and Company edition.
AuthorThomas Hughes
IllustratorSydney Prior Hall
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherMacmillan
Publication date
1861
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded byTom Brown's School Days 
Tom's "Wine" in honour of his Father. "The Squire, who has been carefully planted by Tom with his back to the death warrant, enjoys himself very much."—P. 464. Frontispiece by Sydney Prior Hall from the 1885 Macmillan and Company edition of Tom Brown at Oxford
Title page from the 1885 Macmillan and Company edition of Tom Brown at Oxford

Tom Brown at Oxford is a novel by Thomas Hughes, first published in serial form in Macmillan's Magazine in 1859. It was published in two volumes in book form in 1861.[1] It is a sequel to the better-known Tom Brown's School Days.


The story follows the character of Tom Brown to a fictional St Ambrose's College, Oxford. The novel offers a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century.[2]

The book was out of print for many years but is available in Britain from Wordsworth Classics with 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and is now available on the Project Gutenberg ebook site. Editions of the serialized form are available at the Hathi Trust.[3]

The illustrator Sydney Prior Hall (1842–1922), a portrait painter and illustrator, was one of the leading reportage artists of the later Victorian period.

References

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  1. ^ Tom Brown at Oxford: A sequel to School days at Rugby. Ticknor and Fields. 1861.
  2. ^ Tom Brown's Schooldays and Tom Brown at Oxford. 5 April 1993.
  3. ^ Tom Brown at Oxford: A sequel to School days at Rugby. Ticknor and Fields. 1861.
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