John Howard Davies – MRQE

Tom Brown’s Schooldays

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, hes mercilessly tormented by the schools evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at Flashman; in the meantime, hes asked to look out for a timid new student, whose life is accidentally put in peril during a school race.

The Rocking Horse Winner

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.

Oliver Twist

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin’s evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.