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Boarding School Genre
Books in the Boarding School genre:
The Governess or, Little Female Academy (1749)
This was the first novel for children, a boarding school story. This facsimile edition was published in 1968.
Author(s):
Sarah Fielding
Illustrator(s):
None
Tom Brown at Oxford (1861)
Author(s):
Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
What Katy Did at School (1873)
Katy goes East to boarding school. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Addie Ledyard
Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers (1882)
A boy, on the eve of his return to boarding school, trades places with his father. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Nellie Doran (1888)
When Nellie's brother sells his horses, the family decides to send Nellie to the convent school, where her talent for music is soon revealed. This one of the few boarding school stories set in a Catholic institution.
Author(s):
Miriam Agatha
Illustrator(s):
None
Tom Brown’s School Days (1896)
School days at Rugby by an old boy. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s):
Edmund J. Sullivan
More Tales of the Stumps (1902)
A collection of cricket tales.
Author(s):
Horace Bleackley
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
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The Pothunters (1902)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
R. Noel Pocock
A Prefect’s Uncle (1903)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
R. Noel Pocock
Tales of St. Austin’s (1903)
A dozen ‘public school’ stories set at St. Austin’s. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
R. Noel Pocock
E. F. Skinner
T. M. R. Whitwell
Tales of St. Austin’s (1903)
A dozen ‘public school’ stories set at St. Austin’s. Read online at gutenberg.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
R. Noel Pocock
E. F. Skinner
T. M. R. Whitwell
The Gold Bat (1904)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell
Play the Game! (1904)
A British boys’ school story.
Author(s):
Harold Avery
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Head of Kay’s (1905)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell
A Little Princess Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time (1905)
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Ethel Franklin Betts
The White Feather (1907)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
William Townend
Mike: A Public School Story (1909)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell
The Prodigious Hickey (1909)
Author(s):
Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s):
May Wilson Preston
Henry Raleigh
Frederic Dorr Steele
The Humming Bird (1910)
A collection of stories, mainly about baseball. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s):
F. R. Gruger
Mike: A Public School Story (1910)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell