| The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's | |
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Cover of the First Edition (1887) |
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| Author(s) | Talbot Baines Reed |
| Illustrator | Gordon Browne |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Religious Tract Society, London |
| Publication date | 1887 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's (published 1881) is the best known of the school stories of late 19th century author Talbot Baines Reed. The stories as well as the book were written for the Boy's Own Paper and published by the Religious Tract Society, with illustrations by Gordon Browne.
Like other authors of public school stories, Reed had no experience of a public school education himself; consequently, the book lacked some of the realism of other comparable books like Tom Brown's Schooldays and Eric, or, Little by Little.
However, the book was written with great enthusiasm and it started a tradition of boarding school stories in British juvenile fiction that lasted until the end of World War II or later.