"Tom, Dick and Harry" by Talbot Baines Reed is a story set in a 19th-century school, where a boy called Master Jones, also known as "Sarah," deals with school life and friendships. The story is full of schoolboy adventures, like when a dog gets shot, and explores being loyal, brave, and the difficulties of friendships. The book starts with Jones scared after hearing gunfire at night since he believes another student named Tempest is missing because he sleepwalks a lot. All the chaos unfolds with pranks, misunderstandings, and tough rules enforced by Dr. Plummer, the headmaster, that highlights the comical and the drama of the schoolboys' lives.
Tom, Dick and Harry
By Talbot Baines Reed
In a lively school, secrets and suspicion run wild when a mysterious gunshot sparks a wild goose chase for a presumed missing student.
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About the AuthorTalbot Baines Reed was an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of school stories that endured into the mid-20th century. Among his best-known work is The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's. He was a regular and prolific contributor to The Boy's Own Paper (B.O.P.), in which most of his fiction first appeared. Through his family's business, Reed became a prominent typefounder, and wrote a standard work on the subject: History of the Old English Letter Foundries.
Talbot Baines Reed was an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of school stories that endured into the mid-20th century. Among his best-known work is The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's. He was a regular and prolific contributor to The Boy's Own Paper (B.O.P.), in which most of his fiction first appeared. Through his family's business, Reed became a prominent typefounder, and wrote a standard work on the subject: History of the Old English Letter Foundries.
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