Educational settings as place and/or subject in fiction form the theme of this catalogue of titles and authors. Organized alphabetically by the author's last name, the information is further divided by general school environments and those where the university, specifically, is the locale. The list spans centuries and geographical boundaries, featuring Charlotte Brontë, Agatha Christie and Honoré de Balzac as well as contemporary writers Curtis Sittenfeld, Joyce Carol Oates and Donna Tartt. For those interested in learning more about the school/university in literature, references are included that provide a more academic study of the subgenre.

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich Thomas Bailey Aldrich (; November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is notable for his long editorship of ''The Atlantic Monthly'', during which he published writers including Charles W. Chesnutt. ...

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Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer, known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2010 for her contribution to young adult literature. She was first re ...

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Louis Auchincloss Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novel ...

: '' The Rector of Justin'' (see Groton School) and '' The Headmaster's Dilemma'' *

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...

: '' Louis Lambert'' *

Lynn Barber Lynn Barber (born 22 May 1944) is a British journalist who has worked for many publications, including ''The Sunday Times''. Early life Barber attended Lady Eleanor Holles School in south-west London. While she was studying for her A-Levels she ...

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An Education ''An Education'' is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on a memoir of the same name by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby. It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgi ...

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Entre les murs ''The Class'' (french: Entre les murs, lit=Between the walls) is a 2008 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau. The novel is a semi-autobiographical account of Bégaudeau's ...

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Mark Behr Mark Behr (19 October 1963 – 27 November 2015) was a Tanzanian-born writer who grew up in South Africa. He was professor of English literature and creative writing at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee. He also taught in the MA program at the ...

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Embrace Embrace may refer to: * A hug, a form of physical intimacy * Acceptance Music Bands * Embrace (American band), a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. * Embrace (English band), a post-Britpop band from West Yorkshire * Embrace (duo), a Dan ...

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Alan Bennett Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and tw ...

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The History Boys ''The History Boys'' is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged be ...

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E. F. Benson Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Early life E.F. Benson was born at Wellington College (Berkshire), Wellington College in Berkshir ...

: '' David Blaize'' *

E. R. Braithwaite Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (June 27, 1912 – December 12, 2016), publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat best known for his stories of social conditions and racia ...

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To Sir, with Love ''To Sir, with Love'' is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and singer Lulu making her film debut. Jam ...

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Sasthi Brata Sasthibrata Chakravarti (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel ''Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater''. Early life and education Sasthibrata was ...

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My God Died Young My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Mark ...

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Angela Brazil Angela Brazil (pronounced "brazzle") (30 November 186813 March 1947) was one of the first British writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point of view and intended primarily as entertainment rather than moral ins ...

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Elinor Brent-Dyer Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (6 April 1894 – 20 September 1969) was an English writer of children's literature who wrote more than one hundred books during her lifetime, the most famous being the '' Chalet School'' series. Early life and education B ...

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Chalet School The Chalet School is a series of 64 school story novels by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970. The fictional school was initially located in the Austrian Tyrol, before it was moved to Guernsey in 1939 following th ...

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Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She enlisted i ...

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Leo Bruce Rupert Croft-Cooke (20 June 1903 – 10 June 1979) was an English writer. A prolific creator of fiction and non-fiction, including screenplays and biographies under his own name and detective stories under the pseudonym of Leo Bruce. Life The s ...

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Death at St. Asprey's School Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

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Anthony Buckeridge Anthony Malcolm Buckeridge (20 June 1912 – 28 June 2004) was an English author, best known for his ''Jennings'' and '' Rex Milligan'' series of children's books. He also wrote the 1953 children's book ''A Funny Thing Happened'' which was ser ...

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Jennings Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin (also the Anglicised version of the Irish surnames Mac Sheóinín or MacJonin). Notable people with the surname include: *Jennings (Swedish noble family) A–G *Adam Jennings (born 1982), A ...

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Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (published in 1885–1886), '' A Little ...

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Sara Crewe ''A Little Princess'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905. It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", which was serialized in '' St. Nicholas M ...

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A Little Princess ''A Little Princess'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905. It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", which was serialized in '' St. Nicholas M ...

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Dorothy Bussy Dorothy Bussy ( Strachey; 24 July 1865 – 1 May 1960) was an English novelist and translator, close to the Bloomsbury Group. Family background and childhood Dorothy Bussy was a member of the Strachey family, one of ten children of Jane St ...

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Olivia Olivia may refer to: People * Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer * Olívia (basketball) (Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento, born 19 ...

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Hezekiah Butterworth Hezekiah Butterworth (December 22, 1839 – September 5, 1905) was an American author and poet. Biography Butterworth was born in Warren, Rhode Island. He was a platform lecturer, speaking on education, hymnology, and his travels, which incl ...

: '' The Log School-House on the Columbia'' *

Michael Campbell Michael Shane Campbell (born 23 February 1969) is a New Zealand professional golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and, at the time, the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the s ...

: '' Lord Dismiss Us'' *

Eleanor Catton Eleanor Catton (born 24 September 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International In ...

: '' The Rehearsal'' *

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

: "The Schoolmaster" *

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

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Cat Among the Pigeons ''Cat Among the Pigeons'' is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1959, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1960 with a copyright date of 1959. The UK ...

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Jonathan Coe Jonathan Coe (; born 19 August 1961) is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, '' What a ...

: '' The Rotters' Club'' *

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...

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Claudine à l'école ''Claudine at School'' (french: Claudine à l'école) is a 1900 novel by the French writer Colette. The narrative recounts the final year of secondary school of 15-year-old Claudine, her brazen confrontations with her headmistress, Mlle Sergent, a ...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, (; 5 June 188427 August 1969) was an English novelist, published in the original editions as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel ''Mother and Son''. Her works co ...

: '' Pastors and Masters'' *

Thomas H. Cook Thomas H. Cook (born September 19, 1947) is an American author, whose 1996 novel '' The Chatham School Affair'' received an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America. Biography Thomas H. Cook was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, and holds a ba ...

: '' The Chatham School Affair'' *

Robert Cormier Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, ...

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The Chocolate War ''The Chocolate War'' is a 1974 young adult literature, young adult novel by American author Robert Cormier. It was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is o ...

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Amanda Craig Amanda Craig (born 1959) is a British novelist, critic and journalist. She was a recipient of the Catherine Pakenham Award. Early life Born in South Africa, Craig grew up in Italy before moving to London. Her parents were British journalist, ...

: '' A Private Place'' *

Edmund Crispin Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (usually credited as Bruce Montgomery) (2 October 1921 – 15 September 1978), an English crime writer and composer known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for ...

: '' Love Lies Bleeding'' *

Clemence Dane Clemence Dane CBE is the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton (21 February 1888 – 28 March 1965), an English novelist and playwright. Life and career After completing her education, Dane went to Switzerland to work as a French tutor, but returned ...

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Regiment of Women ''Regiment of Women'' is the debut novel of Winifred Ashton writing as Clemence Dane. First published in 1917, the novel has gained some notoriety due to its more or less veiled treatment of lesbian relationships inside and outside a school se ...

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Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...

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Galloping Foxley "Galloping Foxley" is a short story by Roald Dahl first published in '' Town & Country'' in 1953. It was included in the short-story collection '' Someone Like You'', and was later adapted into an episode of '' Tales of The Unexpected''. Publish ...

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Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ''bo ...

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Le petit chose ''Le Petit Chose'' (1868), translated into English as ''Little Good-For-Nothing'' (1878, Mary Neal Sherwood) and ''Little What's-His-Name'' (1898, Jane Minot Sedgwick), is an autobiographical memoir by French author Alphonse Daudet. Contents Tak ...

'' * Abha Dawesar: '' Babyji'' *

Edmondo De Amicis Edmondo De Amicis (; 21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is ''Cuore'', a children's novel translated into English as ''Heart''. Early career Born in Oneglia (to ...

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To Serve Them All My Days : ''For the 1980 television adaptation, see To Serve Them All My Days (TV series).'' ''To Serve Them All My Days'' is a novel by British author R. F. Delderfield. First published in 1972, the book was adapted for television in 1980. It has b ...

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Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

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Nicholas Nickleby ''Nicholas Nickleby'' or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (or also ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the ...

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Stephen Dobyns Stephen J. Dobyns (born February 19, 1941) is an American poet and novelist born in Orange, New Jersey. Life Dobyns was born on February 19, 1941 in Orange, New Jersey to Lester L., an Episcopal minister, and Barbara Johnston Dobyns. Dobyns was r ...

: '' Boy in the Water'' * Samantha Downing: '' For Your Own Good'' *

Ursula Dubosarsky Ursula Dubosarsky (born ''Ursula Coleman''; 1961 in Sydney) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults, whose work is characterised by a child's vision and comic voice of both clarity and ambiguity. She ha ...

: '' The Golden Day'' *

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Countess Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach ( cs, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachová, german: link=no, Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach; 13 September 183012 March 1916) was an Austrian writer. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of t ...

: "Der Vorzugsschüler" * Ernst Eckstein: '' Die Klosterschülerin'' and '' Gesammelte Schulhumoresken'' *

Edward Eggleston Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 – September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist. Biography Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. The author George Cary Eggleston was his brother. A ...

: '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' *

Frederic W. Farrar Frederic William Farrar (Bombay, 7 August 1831 – Canterbury, 22 March 1903) was a cleric of the Church of England ( Anglican), schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Camb ...

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Eric, or, Little by Little ''Eric, or, Little by Little'' is a book by Frederic W. Farrar, first edition 1858. It was published by Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh and London. The book deals with the descent into moral turpitude of a boy at a boarding school or English pub ...

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Antonia Forest Antonia Forest (26 May 1915 – 28 November 2003) was the pseudonym of Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein, an English writer of children's novels. She is known for the Marlow series. Life Forest was born to part Russian-Jewish and Iri ...

: '' Autumn Term'', '' End of Term'', '' The Cricket Term'', and '' The Attic Term'' (four books set at Kingscote School for Girls) *

Hannah Webster Foster Hannah Webster Foster (September 10, 1758/59 – April 17, 1840) was an American novelist. Her epistolary novel, '' The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton'', was published anonymously in 1797. Although it sold well in the 1790s, it was no ...

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The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils ''The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils'', or ''The Boarding School'' is a novel written by Hannah Webster Foster which was published in 1798. Background ''The Boarding School'' was written by Hannah Webster Foster in 1 ...

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Leonhard Frank Leonhard Frank (4 September 1882 in Würzburg – 18 August 1961 in Munich) was a German expressionist writer. He studied painting and graphic art in Munich, and gained acclaim with his first novel ''The Robber Band'' (1914, tr. 1928). When a Ber ...

: '' Die Ursache'' *

Andreas Franz Andreas "Resi" Franz (27 June 1897 – 2 May 1970) was a German international footballer. Club career He was a prolific goalscorer for SpVgg Fürth in the final rounds of the German football championship. Andreas scored over 724 goals for Sp ...

: '' Tod eines Lehrers'' *

Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

: ''The Liar (novel), The Liar'' * Elizabeth George: ''Well-Schooled in Murder'' * Witold Gombrowicz: ''Ferdydurke'' * Gwethalyn Graham: ''Swiss Sonata'' * Henry Green: ''Concluding'' * Daniel Handler: ''The Basic Eight'' * Wolfram Hänel writing as Kurt Appaz: ''Klassentreffen'' * Joanne Harris: ''Gentlemen & Players'' * Jon Hassler: ''Staggerford'' * Ian Hay: ''Pip (novel), Pip'' * Zoë Heller: ''Notes on a Scandal'' * Lillian Hellman: ''The Children's Hour (play), The Children's Hour'' * John Hersey: ''The Child Buyer'' * Hermann Hesse: ''Beneath the Wheel, Unterm Rad'' (''Beneath the Wheel'' aka ''The Prodigy'') * James Hilton (novelist), James Hilton: ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' and ''Murder at School'' * Alan Hollinghurst: ''The Swimming Pool Library'' * Arno Holz: "Der erste Schultag" * Ödön von Horváth: ''Jugend ohne Gott'' (''Youth Without God'' aka ''Cold Times'') * Thomas Hughes: ''Tom Brown's School Days'' * Evan Hunter: ''The Blackboard Jungle'' * Rachel Hunter (author), Rachel Hunter: ''The Schoolmistress: A Moral Tale for Young Ladies'' * James Hynes: ''The Lecturer's Tale'' * Robin Jenkins: ''Happy for the Child'' * LouAnne Johnson: ''My Posse Don't Do Homework'' (filmed as ''Dangerous Minds'') * Pamela Hansford Johnson: ''The Honours Board'' * Erich Kästner: ''Das fliegende Klassenzimmer'' (''The Flying Classroom'') * Bel Kaufman: ''Up the Down Staircase (novel), Up the Down Staircase'' * Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman): ''Rage (Stephen King novel), Rage'' (aka ''Getting It On'') * Rudyard Kipling: ''Stalky & Co.'' * N. H. Kleinbaum: ''Dead Poets Society'' (novelisation of the original screenplay) * John Knowles: ''A Separate Peace'' and ''Peace Breaks Out'' * Michael Köhlmeier: '':de:Die Musterschüler, Die Musterschüler'' * Valery Larbaud: ''Fermina Márquez'' * Siegfried Lenz: ''Schweigeminute'' * Nancy Lieberman (author), Nancy Lieberman: ''Admissions (novel), Admissions'' * Earl Lovelace: ''The Schoolmaster'' * Arnold Lunn: ''The Harrovians'' * Patrick McCabe (novelist), Patrick McCabe: ''The Dead School'' * Megan McCafferty: ''Sloppy Firsts'' and ''Second Helpings'' * Frank McCourt: ''Teacher Man'' * Heather McGowan: ''Schooling (novel), Schooling'' * Arthur Machen: ''The Secret Glory'' * Emily Maguire (writer), Emily Maguire: ''Taming the Beast'' * Heinrich Mann: ''Professor Unrat'' (filmed as ''The Blue Angel'') * Robert Menasse: ''Die Vertreibung aus der Hölle'' * Gladys Mitchell: ''Death at the Opera'' * Zsigmond Móricz: ''Légy jó mindhalálig'' (''Be Faithful Unto Death'') * Iris Murdoch: ''The Sandcastle (novel), The Sandcastle'' * Robert Musil: ''Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß'' (filmed as ''Der junge Törless'') * R. K. Narayan: ''The English Teacher'' * Andrew Neiderman: ''Teacher's Pet (Neiderman novel), Teacher's Pet'' * Freya North: ''Polly (Freya North novel), Polly'' * Géza Ottlik: ''Iskola a határon'' * Robert B. Parker: ''School Days (novel), School Days'' * Frances Gray Patton: ''Good Morning, Miss Dove'' * Tom Perrotta: ''Election (1998 novel), Election'' and ''The Abstinence Teacher'' * Gervase Phinn: ''The School Inspector Calls'', ''The Other Side of the Dale'', ''Over Hill and Dale'', ''Head Over Heels in the Dales'', and ''Up and Down in the Dales'' * Libby Purves: ''More Lives Than One'' * Terence Rattigan: ''French Without Tears (play), French Without Tears'', ''The Winslow Boy'', and ''The Browning Version (play), The Browning Version'' * Ernest Raymond: ''Tell England'' * Miss Read: ''Village School (novel), Village School'' and ''School at Thrush Green'' * Talbot Baines Reed: ''The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's'' * Patrick Redmond: ''The Wishing Game'' * Peter Rosegger: ''Die Schriften des Waldschulmeisters'' (''Manuscripts of a Forest School Master'') * Bernice Rubens: ''I, Dreyfus'' * Paul Russell (novelist), Paul Russell: ''The Coming Storm'' * John Patrick Shanley: ''Doubt (play), Doubt'' * Anita Shreve: ''Testimony (Shreve novel), Testimony'' * Alan Sillitoe: "Mr Raynor the School-Teacher" * Curtis Sittenfeld: ''Prep (novel), Prep'' (see Groton School) * Natsume Sōseki: ''Botchan'' * Muriel Spark: ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' and ''The Finishing School (Spark novel), The Finishing School'' * Stephen Spender: "An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum" * Heinrich Spoerl: ''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' * Jesse Stuart: "Split Cherry Tree" * Ron Suskind: ''A Hope in the Unseen'' * William Sutcliffe: ''New Boy (novel), New Boy'' * Josephine Tey: ''Miss Pym Disposes'' * Scarlett Thomas: ''Oligarchy (novel), Oligarchy'' * Friedrich Torberg: ''Der Schüler Gerber'' * Anthony Trollope: ''Doctor Wortle's School'' * Hermann Ungar: ''Die Klasse'' (''The Class'') * Horace Annesley Vachell: ''The Hill (novel), The Hill'' * Simone van der Vlugt: ''De reünie'' (''Class Reunion'') * Hugh Walpole: ''Jeremy at Crale'' and ''Mr Perrin and Mr Traill'' (Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill, film version, 1948) * Robert Walser (writer), Robert Walser: ''Jakob von Gunten'' * Alec Waugh: ''The Loom of Youth'' * Evelyn Waugh: ''Decline and Fall'' * Charles Webb (author), Charles Webb: ''Home School (novel), Home School'' * Frank Wedekind: ''Spring Awakening (play), Frühlings Erwachen'' (''Spring Awakening (play), Spring Awakening'') * Franz Werfel: ''Der Abituriententag'' (''Class Reunion (novel), Class Reunion'') * Antonia White: ''Frost in May'' * Marianne Wiggins: ''John Dollar (novel), John Dollar'' * Nigel Williams (author), Nigel Williams: ''Class Enemy (play), Class Enemy'' * Carol Windley: "Home Schooling (short story), Home Schooling" * Christa Winsloe: ''Child Manuela'' (filmed as ''Mädchen in Uniform (1931 film), Mädchen in Uniform'') * P. G. Wodehouse: ''The Pothunters'', ''A Prefect's Uncle'', ''The Gold Bat'', ''Mike (novel), Mike'' * Alexander Wolf (author), Alexander Wolf: ''Zur Hölle mit den Paukern'' * Tobias Wolff: ''Old School (novel), Old School'' * Richard B. Wright: ''The Teacher's Daughter'' * Richard Yates (novelist), Richard Yates: ''A Good School'' * Juli Zeh: ''Spieltrieb''

University in literature

* Shmuel Yosef Agnon: ''Shira (book), Shira'' * Kingsley Amis: ''Lucky Jim'' * Dorothy Baker (writer), Dorothy Baker: ''Trio (Dorothy Baker novel), Trio'' * John Barth: ''Giles Goat-Boy'' * Max Beerbohm: ''Zuleika Dobson'' * Saul Bellow: ''Ravelstein'' *

: ''The Babe B.A.'' *

: ''David of King's'' * T. C. Boyle: ''The Inner Circle (T. C. Boyle novel), The Inner Circle'' * Malcolm Bradbury: ''The History Man'' * Michael Chabon: ''Wonder Boys'' * Nirad C. Chaudhuri: ''The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian'' * Susan Choi: ''A Person of Interest (novel), A Person of Interest'' * J. M. Coetzee: ''Disgrace (novel), Disgrace'' * Susan Coll: ''karlmarx.com'' and ''Acceptance (Coll novel), Acceptance'' * Alicia D'Anvers: ''Academia, or, The Humours of the University of Oxford''; and ''The Oxford-Act: a Poem.'' * Robertson Davies: ''The Rebel Angels'' * Pamela Dean: ''Tam Lin (novel), Tam Lin'' * Don DeLillo: ''White Noise (novel), White Noise'' * Jenny Diski: ''Rainforest (novel), Rainforest'' * Carl Djerassi: ''Cantor's Dilemma'' * D. J. Enright: ''Academic Year (novel), Academic Year'' * Richard Fariña: ''Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me'' * Michael Frayn: ''The Trick of It'' *

: ''Making History (novel), Making History'' *

: ''The Liar (novel), The Liar'' * John Kenneth Galbraith: ''A Tenured Professor'' * Thomas Hughes: ''Tom Brown at Oxford'' * Hamlet Isakhanli: ''In Search of Khazar'' * Howard Jacobson: ''Coming from Behind'' * Randall Jarrell: ''Pictures from an Institution'' * Denis Johnson: ''The Name of the World'' * Owen Johnson (writer), Owen Johnson: ''Stover at Yale'' * Pamela Hansford Johnson: ''Night and Silence Who Is Here?'' * Chip Kidd: ''The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters'' * Neil LaBute: ''The Shape of Things'' * Philip Larkin: ''Jill (novel), Jill '' * Will Lavender: ''Obedience (novel), Obedience'' * David Leavitt: ''The Body of Jonah Boyd'' * Elinor Lipman: ''My Latest Grievance'' * David Lodge (author), David Lodge: ''The British Museum Is Falling Down'', ''Changing Places'', ''Nice Work'', ''Thinks ...'', and ''Deaf Sentence'' * Alison Lurie: ''Imaginary Friends (novel), Imaginary Friends'' and ''The War Between the Tates'' * Mary McCarthy (author), Mary McCarthy: ''The Groves of Academe'' * Bernard Malamud: ''A New Life (novel), A New Life'' * Percy Marks: ''The Plastic Age'' * William Hurrell Mallock: ''The New Republic (novel), The New Republic'' * David Mamet: ''Oleanna (play), Oleanna'' * Javier Marías: ''All Souls (novel), All Souls'' * Niq Mhlongo: ''Dog Eat Dog (Mhlongo novel), Dog Eat Dog'' * Jeffrey Moore (author), Jeffrey Moore: ''Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain'' * Dhan Gopal Mukerji: ''Caste and Outcast'' * Vladimir Nabokov: ''Pnin'' and ''Pale Fire'' * David Nicholls (writer), David Nicholls; ''Starter for Ten (novel), Starter for Ten'' * Charles Gilman Norris: ''Salt, or the Education of Griffith Adams'' * Joyce Carol Oates: ''Black Girl / White Girl'' * John O'Hara: ''Elizabeth Appleton'' * Tim Parks: ''Europa (novel), Europa'' * Adrian Jones Pearson: ''Cow Country: A Community College Epic (novel), Cow Country'' * Tom Perrotta: ''Joe College'' * Francine Prose: ''Blue Angel (novel), Blue Angel'' * Ellery Queen: ''The Campus Murders'' * Roger Rosenblatt: ''Beet (novel), Beet'' * Philip Roth: ''The Human Stain'' and ''Indignation (novel), Indignation'' * Willy Russell: ''Educating Rita'' * Richard Russo: ''Straight Man'' * Dorothy L. Sayers: ''Gaudy Night'' * Dietrich Schwanitz: ''Der Campus'' * Tom Sharpe: ''Wilt (novel), Wilt'' * Jane Smiley: ''Moo (novel), Moo'' * Zadie Smith: ''On Beauty'' * C P Snow: ''The Masters (novel), The Masters'' * Tammar Stein: ''Light Years (novel), Light Years'' * Neal Stephenson: ''The Big U'' * J. I. M. Stewart: ''A Staircase in Surrey'' * Ivo Stourton: ''The Night Climbers'' * Ron Suskind: ''A Hope in the Unseen'' * Donna Tartt: ''The Secret History'' * Sergio Troncoso: ''The Nature of Truth'' * Evelyn Waugh: ''Brideshead Revisited'' * Hillary Waugh: ''Last Seen Wearing ... (Hillary Waugh novel), Last Seen Wearing ...'' * Jean Webster: ''Daddy-Long-Legs (novel), Daddy-Long-Legs'' and ''When Patty Went to College'' * Paul West (poet), Paul West: ''Oxford Days'' * Michael Wilding (writer), Michael Wilding: ''Academia Nuts'' * John Edward Williams, John Williams: ''Stoner (novel), Stoner'' * Angus Wilson: ''Anglo-Saxon Attitudes'' * Tom Wolfe: ''I Am Charlotte Simmons'' * Sylvia Hart Wright: ''Breaking Free: A Novel of the Sixties''Sylviahartwright.com
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