Going to school : an anthology of prose about teachers and students / edited by Abraham H. Lass and Norma L. Tasman.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Lass, Abraham H. 1907-2001., Tasman, Norma L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New American Library, [1980]
Subjects:	Education > Literary collections.

Table of Contents:

A schoolboy's life in ancient Sumer : circa 2000 B.C. / Morris Rosenblum
from The essays of Elia. from The old and new schoolmaster / Charles Lamb
from The old curiosity shop. The unexpected half-holiday / Charles Dickens
from David Copperfield. The rout of Mr. Mell / Charles Dickens
from Hard times. The unforgettable Thomas Gradgrind / Charles Dickens
from Tom Brown's school days. The awesome doctor / Thomas Hughes
from Tom Sawyer. Happy hours / Mark Twain
from Mr. Dooley's opinions. Lickin' and larnin / Finley Peter Dunne
from Jean-Christophe. The foiled suicide / Romain Rolland
from Penrod. The joys of school / Booth Tarkington
from Of human bondage. The names that maim / W. Somerset Maugham
from The rainbow. The ordeal of Ursula Brangwen / D.H. Lawrence
from Life with father. The noblest instrument / Clarence Day
from Paul's case. A day to remember / Willa Cather
In memoriam : Francis Barton Gummere / Christopher Morley
My memories and miseries as a schoolmaster / Stephen Leacock
from Look homeward, angel. A desperate and hunted animal / Thomas Wolfe
from A roving commission : my early life Danger school ahead! / Winston Churchill
from Young Lonigan. The school as jailhouse / James T. Farrell
Ring out, wild bells / Wolcott Gibbs
School / George Bernard Shaw
Here lies Miss Groby / James Thurber
from A tree grows in Brooklyn. Francie's great expectations / Betty Smith
from Good morning, Miss Dove. The unknown Miss Dove / Frances Gray Patton
A wreath for Miss Totten / Hortense Calisher
from The Browning version. Mr. Gilbert's revelation / Terence Rattigan Kittredge's farewell / Heywood Broun
from Such, such were the joys / George Orwell
from A walker in the city. The blessed dismissal gong / Alfred Kazin
from The blackboard jungle. Mr. Dadier's first days at North Manual Trades High School / Evan Hunter
Tomorrow and tomorrow and so forth / John Updike
Treacle tart / Robert Graves
from Hurray for me. Miss Diamond's difficult day / S.J. Wilson
from A portrait of the artist as a young man. The caning / James Joyce
from Report to Greco. The first schoolday / Nikos Kazantzakis
from Legends of our time. My teachers / Elie Wiesel
Do you like it here? / John O'Hara
from People I have loved, known or admired. Dear Miss O'Neill / Leo Rosten
For Lycidas is dead / Francine du Plessix Gray
from In search of history. Fond memories of schooldays / Theodore H. White
from Writers for life. Thornley's legacy / Liane Ellison Norman
from McGuffey's first eclectic reader. The last lesson / William Holmes McGuffey.

Going to school : an anthology of prose about teachers and students / edited by Abraham H. Lass and Norma L. Tasman.

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