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''Home School'' is a novel by Charles Webb that is the sequel to ''The Graduate''. It was published by Random House in the United Kingdom in 2007.〔"('Graduate' author to write sequel )." ''CNN''. Wednesday May 31, 2006. Retrieved on December 20, 2014.〕 ==Background== In the 1970s,〔Garrett, Diane. "(‘Graduate’ back in ‘School’ )." ''Variety''. June 1, 2007. Retrieved on December 21, 2014.〕 Webb himself had fought to have his boys homeschooled. The sequel was written about 40 years after the original book.〔Glitz, Michael. "(Charles Webb writes 'Graduate' sequel )." ''New York Daily News''. Saturday January 5, 2008. Retrieved on December 18, 2014.〕 Webb completed writing the book around January 2005. Originally he stated that he would not have the entire book published while he remains alive, because Canal Plus would have published an unauthorized sequel to the book.〔Smith, David. "(What happened next? (the author will let you know after he dies) )." ''The Guardian''. March 27, 2005. Retrieved on December 20, 2014.〕 However Webb arranged to have the book published after his financial situation had deteriorated; his family was facing the threat of eviction.〔 Due to the situation, he could not continue negotiations over the book.〔Malvern, Jack. "(At last, Mrs Robinson is getting her groove back )" ((Archive )). ''The Times''. May 30, 2006. Retrieved on December 20, 2014.〕 Random House published it in the United Kingdom.〔 The book deal was worth £30,000 (US$56,000, €44,000).〔 As part of the deal Random House was going to negotiate the sale of United States rights and other non-UK rights of the book. Due to the deal, Webb paid a French lawyer to check if he could retrieve the publishing rights.〔 On May 2, 2006 ''The Times'' published an extract of the book.〔Webb, Charles. "Mrs Robinson returns." ''The Times''. May 2, 2006. p. (1 ) ((Archive )). Retrieved on December 20, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Home School (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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