List of fictional Oxford colleges
Fictional colleges are found in many modern novels, films, and other works of fiction, probably because they allow the author greater licence for invention and a reduced risk of being accused of libel or slander, as might happen if the author depicted unsavory events as occurring at a real-life institution. Below is a list of some of the fictional colleges of the University of Oxford. Section::::"His Dark Materials". Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" novels feature a number of fictional Oxford colleges, most notably Jordan College, including: Inspector Morse. The Inspector Morse series of  books by Colin Dexter is predominantly set within Oxford and its environs, including the University. Consequently, many fictional colleges are named. The derived television series, "Inspector Morse", "Lewis" and "Endeavour", continued this practice. "T"=TV series Section::::"Jude the Obscure". Thomas Hardy's novel "Jude the Obscure" is set in Christminster, "Wessex", a thinly fictionalized version of Oxford, and mentions the following colleges of Christminster University: Section::::"Loss and Gain". "Loss and Gain" by St John Henry Newman tells the story of the conversion of Charles Reding, an Oxford student, to Catholicism. In the novel, Newman creates the following colleges: References. Category:Fictional  colleges of the University of Oxford|* Category:Colleges of the University of Oxford|*Fictional Category:Fictional universities and colleges Category:Lists of fictional locations Category:University of Oxford in fiction Category:University of Oxford-related lists|Fictional colleges