The Story of a Bad Boy (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- First Published: 1869
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional romance
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: New Hampshire
- Principal Characters: Tom Bailey Aldrich, Captain Nutter, Miss Abigail, Kitty Collins, Bill Conway, Seth Rodgers, Sailor Ben, Phil Adams, Pepper Whitcomb, Binny Wallace
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Domestic realism, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Children, Family or family life, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Tricks, Love or romance, Nature, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Schools or school life, New England, Accidents, Small-town life, Adventure, Boys, Students or student life, Juvenile delinquency, Explosions or explosives
- Locales: Portsmouth, NH, Rivermouth (fictive)
The Story:
Tom, the son of a banker, was born at Rivermouth in New England. When he was eighteen months old, however, his family moved to New Orleans, and there he lived until he was ten, growing up in almost complete ignorance of everything that was not Southern. In his tenth year, he was sent North to live with his Grandfather Nutter. Tom soon learned to admire his hale, cheery grandfather and to respect his grandaunt, Miss Abigail. The fourth member of the household was Kitty Collins, the maid, an Irish girl happily married to a sailor until he sailed away one day and...
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