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Thomas Hughes


Born
in Uffington, Berkshire, England
October 20, 1822

Died
March 22, 1896

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Fiction


Librarian note: There is more than one author by this name on Goodreads.

Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861). ...more

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Average rating: 3.48 · 3,585 ratings · 313 reviews · 661 distinct works • Similar authors
Tom Brown's Schooldays (Tom...
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Secrets of a Locomotive Eng...
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Tom Brown at Oxford (Tom Br...
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Tom Brown’s School Days and...
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Tom Brown’s School Days and...
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Tom Brown at Rugby
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David Livingstone
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The Scouring Of The White H...
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The Manliness of Christ
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Series by Thomas Hughes

Tom Brown's Schooldays Tom Brown at Oxford
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“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends,for it is one of God's best gifts.”
― Thomas Hughes
tags: beatitudes, friends, gifts
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“He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;”
― Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays
tags: cowardice, discipleship, fear, self-discipline, spiritual-warfare
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“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.”
― Thomas Hughes
tags: beatitudes
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