School Stories · Character

Tom Brown

A character from a book within the book, discussed by the boys.

minor

Also known as Brown, Tom, the Tom Brown of part one, young Brown

Tom Brown's tie to Charteris is one of the pressures that moves School Stories—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Discussed as the protagonist of Tom Brown's Schooldays; the stranger contrasts the Tom of part one with the Tom of part two.

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With Charteris (friendship): Charteris and Tom Brown share a friendly bond as schoolmates. With Charteris (friendship): Charteris and Tom…

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Charteris
friendship · positive
Charteris and Tom Brown share a friendly bond as schoolmates. How this plays out →
Charteris
friendship · positive
Charteris and Tom Brown share a friendly bond as schoolmates. How this plays out →

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