Tom Playfair; or Making a Start

Tom Playfair; or Making a Start

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Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, originally published in 1890, and written for youth ages 9-12. The story opens with 10-year-old Tom Playfair being quite a handful for his well-meaning but soft-hearted aunt. (Tom's mother has died.) Mr. Playfair decides to ship his son off to St. Maure's boarding school — an all-boys academy run by Jesuits — to shape him up, as well as to help him make a good preparation for his upcoming First Communion. Tom is less than enthusiastic, but his adventures are just about to begin: life at St. Maure's will not be dull. (Introduction from Wikipedia)
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  • 01
    00 - Preface
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  • 02
    01 - In Which the Hero of the Story is Represented in a Doubtful Light
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    02 - In Which Tom by a Series of Misadventures Brings Down the Wrath of His Father in Such Wise that the Author, For Fear of Forfeiting Tom's Chances of Becoming a Hero in the Reader's Eyes, Discreetly Veils What Actually Happened When Justice Was Administered
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    03 - In Which Tom Leaves For St. Maures, and finds On the Road Thither that Fun Sometimes Comes Expensive
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    04 - Tom Arrives at St. Maure's, and Makes the Aquaintance of John Green Under Circumstances Not Entirely Grateful to That Interesting Character
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    05 - In Which Tom Is Persuaded to Go to Sleep
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    06 - In Which Green and Tom Run a Race Which Proves Disastrous to Both
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    07 - In Which Tom Usurps Minor Orders with Startling Results
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    08 - In Which Tom Gets Into Many Difficulties, and Holds an Astonishing Interview With Mr. Middleton
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    09 - In Which Tom Concludes That Vinegar Never Catches Flies
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    10 - In Which Tom Gives Green a Bit of Advice, Which, Aided by a Storm, is Not Without Its Effect
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    11 - The Night of the First Friday in November
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  • 13
    12 - Tom's Midnight Adventure
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  • 14
    13 - In Which Tom Takes a Trip
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  • 15
    14 - In Which Tom Goes to the Theatre
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  • 16
    15 - In Which Tom is Lost
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  • 17
    16 - In Which Tom Enters Upon a Career of Extravagance
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  • 18
    17 - In Which the Prodigal Returns
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  • 19
    18 - In Which Tom Astonishes and Horrifies His Aunt
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  • 20
    19 - In Which Tom and Keenan Hold a Council of War
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  • 21
    20 - Storming of the Snow-Fort - Mr. Beakey Talks at Cross Purposes With the Senior Students
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  • 22
    21 - In Which Tom Meets With a Bitter Trial
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  • 23
    22 - In Which Tom Wins a New Friend and Hears a Strange Story
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    23 - In Which the "Knickerbockers" Play the "Red Clippers"
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  • 25
    24 - Trouble Ahead
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    25 - A Joyous Going Forth, and a Sad Journey Home
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    26 - Sickness
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    27 - Death
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    28 - An Escape From Jail, and the Beginning of a Snow-Storm
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  • 30
    29 - End of the Snow-Storm
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  • 31
    30 - Conclusion
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