The Three Friends; A Story of Rugby in the Forties

Arthur Gray Butler (1831 - 1909)

This is a novel that describes the life of three friends while they are attending Rugby School. The work illustrates for the reader many of the boys' pranks, challenges, sorrows, and victories and, as well, gives a good sense of school life in the middle of the 19th Century. Anyone who looks back with fondness on his or her younger days of schooling will enjoy this work. (Summary by KevinS)

Genre(s): Published 1900 onward

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction KevinS
00:02:41
Play 01 The Sixth Match KevinS
00:17:10
Play 02 The Race for the Bags KevinS
00:18:23
Play 03 A Hidden Rock KevinS
00:15:56
Play 04 On Water-Rats KevinS
00:14:31
Play 05 Summer Quarter KevinS
00:18:36
Play 06 Changes KevinS
00:17:32
Play 07 The Mutiny, 1848 KevinS
00:19:12
Play 08 A Change Cometh KevinS
00:22:02
Play 09 By-Play KevinS
00:21:59
Play 10 Last Hours KevinS
00:26:25