The adventures of Tom Brown continue as he continues his studies at Oxford. But what will his father think of Tom's debt? And what will he make of Tom's changing political views? Will he continue his success at rowing? And what about romance? Tom soon finds the path of true love does not run smooth. By the time he graduates from Oxford, Tom has been persuaded by his old friend Harry East to leave England and strike out for the new world. Until the end of the novel, the reader is left wondering, will Tom stay in his mother country, or leave to start life anew in the colonies? And if he go, will he leave as a bachelor or as a happily married Englishman?Thomas Hughes' sequel to Tom Brown's Schooldays gives a unique insight in life in a university town, and society at large, in the early Victorian period. Please note that this volume is the second of a two volume series.