Editing Boarding school (section)

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Boarding schools and their surrounding settings and situations became in the late Victorian period a genre in [[British literature]] with its own identifiable conventions. (Typically, protagonists find themselves occasionally having to break school rules for honorable reasons the reader can identify with and might get severely punished when caught – but usually, they do not embark on a total rebellion against the school as a system.)

Notable examples of the [[school story]] include:
* [[Sarah Fielding]]'s ''[[The Governess, or The Little Female Academy]]'' (1749)
* [[Charles Dickens]]'s serialised novel ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1838)
* [[Charlotte Brontë]]'s novels ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' (1847) and ''[[Villette (novel)|Villette]]'' (1853)
* [[Thomas Hughes]]'s novel ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays]]'' (1857)
* [[Frederic W. Farrar]]'s ''[[Eric, or, Little by Little]]'' (1858), a particularly religious and moralistic treatment of the theme
* [[L. T. Meade]]'s ''A World of Girls'' (1886) and dozens more girls school stories<!-- "produced over 300 books" but her biography is a Stub or Start --><!--
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* ''[[O Ateneu]]'' (1888), written by the [[Brazil]]ian [[Raul Pompeia]] and dealing openly with the issue of [[homosexuality]] in the boarding school
* [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]]'s serial ''Sara Crewe: or what Happened at Miss Minchin's'' (1887), revised and expanded as ''[[A Little Princess]]'' (1905)
* [[Greyfriars School]], created by Charles Hamilton (writing as [[Charles Hamilton (writer)|Frank Richards]]) in 1910 in the first of what became 1,670 stories, many featuring [[Billy Bunter]].
* George Orwell's essay "[[Boys' Weeklies]]" suggested in 1940 that [[Charles Hamilton (writer)|Frank Richards]] created a taste for public schools stories in readers who could never have attended public schools
* ''[[Boy (autobiography)|Boy]]'' by [[Roald Dahl]]
* Dozens of boys' school novels by [[Gunby Hadath]] (1871–1954)
* [[Elinor Brent-Dyer]]'s ''[[Chalet School]]'' series of about sixty children's novels (1925–1970)
* [[Erich Kästner]]'s ''[[The Flying Classroom]]'' (''Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer'') (1933) is a conspicuous non-British example.
* [[James Hilton (novelist)|James Hilton]]'s novel ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (1934) centers on a teacher, rather than on the students
* [[Ludwig Bemelmans]]' ''[[Madeline]]'' series of children's picture books (1939–present)
* [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[Cat Among the Pigeons]]'' (1959), involving a murder at a boarding school for girls
* [[Penelope Farmer]]'s ''[[Charlotte Sometimes (novel)|Charlotte Sometimes]]'' (1969)
* In [[Jill Murphy]]'s ''[[The Worst Witch]]'' stories (from 1974), the traditional boarding school themes are explored in a [[fantasy]] school that teaches magic.
* {{anchor|jones}}[[Dianna Wynne Jones]]'s novel ''[[Witch Week]]'' (1982) features Larwood House where magic is not taught —its use is a capital crime— but many students grow into magic powers
* {{anchor|rowling}}[[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series (1997–2007) features [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]
* {{anchor|nimmo}}[[Jenny Nimmo]]'s ''[[Children of the Red King]]'' series (2002–2009) features magically endowed children at Bloor Academy, which most students leave on weekends
* {{anchor|bray}}[[Libba Bray]]'s ''[[Gemma Doyle Trilogy]]'', volumes one and two (2003, 2006), features a girl's discovery of magical capabilities and realms
* [[Enid Blyton]]'s ''[[Malory Towers]]'', ''[[St Clare's series|St Clare's]]'' and ''[[Naughtiest Girl]]'' series
* [[John van de Ruit]]'s ''[[Spud (novel)|Spud]]'' book and [[Spud (film)|movie]] series, that take place at a school based on [[Michaelhouse]]

The setting has also been featured in notable North American fiction:
* [[J.D. Salinger]]'s novel ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' (1951)
* [[John Knowles]]'s novels ''[[A Separate Peace]]'' (1959) and ''[[Peace Breaks Out]]'' (1981)
* [[Robert Cormier]]'s young adult novel ''[[The Chocolate War]]'' (1974)
* [[David Foster Wallace]]'s novel ''[[Infinite Jest]]'' (1996)
* [[Edward Kay (writer)|Edward Kay]]'s science fiction novel ''[[STAR Academy (novel)|STAR Academy]]'' (2009)
* [[John Green]]'s 2006 young adult novel ''[[Looking for Alaska]]''

There is also a huge boarding-school genre literature, mostly uncollected, in British [[comics]] and serials from the 1900s to the 1980s.

The subgenre of books and films set in a military or naval academy has many similarities with the above.