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Acknowledgements Introduction: Fiction for the Working Lad PART I: READERS AND WRITERS Boys' Lives: Boys' Education, Work and Leisure, 1855-1940 Publishers and Strategies: From Family Firms to Mass Marketing PART II: 'REVEL IN YOUR BOYHOOD': VARIETIES OF MASCULINITY Victorian Manliness, Upper-Class Heroes and the Ideal of Character, 1855-1900 The Democratization of Manliness at the Turn of the Century, 1880-1920 Balance, Self-Control and Obedience in the Interwar Years PART III: MANLINESS AND THE 'OTHER' 'Manhood Achieved': Imperialism, Racism and Manliness Comrades, Chums and Competitors: Images of Women in the Boys' Story Paper Conclusion: On Heroes and Hero Worship Notes Bibliography Index