One of the classics of English childrens literature and one of the earliestbooks written specifically for boys this novels steady popularity has givenit an infl... » 

One of the classics of English childrens literature and one of the earliestbooks written specifically for boys this novels steady popularity has givenit an influence well beyond the upper middleclass world that it describes. Ittells a story central to an understanding of Victorian life but its freshnesshelps to distinguish it from the narrow schoolboy adventures that it laterinspired. The book includes an introduction and notes by Andrew Sanders. «