A spoiled merchant's son is reformed by the example of a virtuous farmer's boy and their wise tutor.
Books mentioned in The History of Sandford and Merton (1)
Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch: “"No," answered Mr Barlow, "it is now time to retire, and you may at any time read the particulars of this extraordinary siege in'Plutarch's life of Marcellus.'"”
Books that mention The History of Sandford and Merton (3)
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome: “Day, the author of _Sandford and Merton_, lived and—more credit to the place still—was killed at Wargrave.”
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft: “the little indirect advice, that is scattered through Sandford and Merton, be excepted”
Peter Ibbetson by George du Maurier: “would read to her _Le Robinson Suisse_, _Sandford and Merton_, _Evenings at Home_”