Diese Autorin ist vor allem für ihre umfangreiche Reihe von Internatsschulgeschichten bekannt, die die am längsten laufende Mädchenschulgeschichtenserie überhaupt darstellt. Ihr Schreibstil zeichnet sich durch lebendige Schauplätze und einen Fokus auf Kameradschaft und persönliches Wachstum ihrer Charaktere aus. Ihre Werke werden für ihren optimistischen Ton und ihre Fähigkeit, den Leser in die Welt ihrer Heldinnen einzutauchen, geschätzt. Die Autorin schöpfte oft Inspiration aus eigenen Erfahrungen und Reisen, was ihren Erzählungen Authentizität und einen einzigartigen Charme verleiht.
Joey and her friends from the Chalet School are on holiday. They discover to their surprise and pleasure someone their age living next door, the daughter of a famous cellist. She is crippled by arthritis and is being harassed by a spoilt girl of 19 who is determined to possess the Wychcote cello.
Having left school the term before, an unfortunate chain of events finds Joey, having returned to school for a visit, unable to return to her sister's home Die Rosen. Joey settles down to enjoy her extended visit, but finds her stay becoming longer as time goes on. Somewhat unwillingly to begin with, Jo is pressed into service as a stand-in mistress when one of the staff falls ill. However, Joey comes to terms with the situation and the girls are delighted to have their beloved Jo returned to them for a while. Joey manages to complete her first novel in her free time, after a false start when she is put straight by an unexpected critic, and nervously sends it to a publisher. She is also instrumental in obtaining a new girl, Polly Herriot, for the Chalet School after a chance encounter in the Post. Having never been to school before, Polly's education has been with very old-fashioned methods, and she requires intensive tuition to bring her education up to date. She has also obtained some very unusual ideas about the life of a schoolgirl, from the school stories, which she was so fond of, before she arrived at the Chalet School. This leads to some unfortunate incidents, before she settles into the role of a true Chalet School girl. The term has its low points when the girls' beloved headmistress is taken seriously ill, but finishes on a high note with the customary Christmas play.
Kath Arnold is troubled by the news from her sister Bess Carey in Madeira. Not only is Bess going to marry again, but her new husband has two daughters, Rosemary and Marigold Corbett, who are in desperate need of schooling after a series of ineffectual governesses. Bess believes that much the best thing for the two girls will be for them to be enrolled at Wynyards, the well-known day school where Bess's own daughter Lorna goes. In turn that means that Rosemary and Marigold will live at the Arnolds' house, just as Lorna does. Lorna is deeply upset. It is less than a year since her father died and she does not like the idea of acquiring two stepsisters who will live with her at all. But a year with the Arnolds has taught Lorna unselfishness and she prepares to make the best of things. Things might have gone smoothly, for Rosemary turns out to be friendly, and eager-to-please. But Marigold is a little wildcat. She cares little for her lessons, she is jealous of her sister's affection and she greatly resents Lorna's place at the heart of the household. Soon Marigold is at daggers drawn with everyone: her schoolmates, Lorna, Kath Arnold, even her beloved sister. But in one foolhardy act of disobedience Marigold brings upon herself a worse punishment than any of her elders could have devised for her, and eventually, she finds it within herself to control her temper and think of others. (from here.)
The Chalet School girls are exploring the Welsh island of St Briavel. They are presented with five boats, but Annis Lovell is unable to share the excitement. Feeling unwanted, she sets off alone on an adventure that nearly ends in disaster.
One of Elinor Brent-Dyer's most engaging school stories
Peggy Bettany is amazed to return to the Chalet School and find that she has been appointed Head Girl! Though she is determined to do well, things do not always go smoothly for Peggy. In spite of the gaiety of preparing for the Christmas concert, Peggy finds rebellion amidst the younger girls. What can be causing it? Peggy and her friends are horrified to learn that she has a real enemy in the school, someone who would be happy to see Peggy disgraced …”
Jo Scott has been sent to the Chalet School because it is too dangerous for her to stay in Kenya. The excitement of making new friends and preparing for the spectacular Flower Show are cut short by the news that Jo's parents have mysteriously disappeared from their farm.
This hardcover edition contains the complete original text of The Chalet School and the Lintons, which was broken into two volumes in the paperback editions, the first retaining the original title, the second named A Rebel at the Chalet School.
Audrey, Solange, Val, Celia and Winifred (usually called Win) are schoolgirls staying on the Platz to be near sick relatives. Bored, and trying to entertain themselves, they decide to build a Campfire. Unfortunately, they do it within the grounds of the Chalet School, and are scolded by Miss Dene. After this, and an encounter with Len Maynard, the group declares war on the Chalet School. Their tricks try the patience of staff and students alike. The girls play a variety of tricks on the Chalet School including blocking the path during a school walk, throwing stinkbombs at the prefects and spreading pepper on the food in the Speisesaal. Over time, the girls come into contact with pupils, ex-pupils and school events. This helps change their attitude towards the Chalet School. And when Win goes missing, it's the Chalet School that saves the day. Meanwhile, the Fifth Form sits GCE exams, and an ex-Chalet schoolgirl faces an uncertain future.
Janie of La Rochelle is No 6 in the La Rochelle series, connected to the Chalet School, and is mainly set in Guernsey. It tells the story of Janie Temple's marriage to Julian Lucy. For this edition of Janie of La Rochelle Helen Barber has written a short story, 'Loved and Lost', in which we meet Pauline Ozanne again.
The Chalet School is a series of approximately sixty school story novels by Elinor Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970. The school was initially located in Austria, moved to Guernsey in 1939, following the rise to power of the Nazi Party, then to "Plas Howell", a house on the border of England and Wales, then to St Briavels, close to the English - Welsh border and finally to Switzerland.[1]
Three of Elinor Brent-Dyer's books in one volume - Nesta Steps Out, Beechy of the Harbour School and Leader In Spite of Herself
Who is Adrienne Demoines? She seems to have no relations at all when Soeur Marie-Cecile rescues her from her tragic circumstances and enrols her at the Chalet School. It is not until a nearly fatal accident occurs that the mystery of her identity is solved.
The Geography Readers - Volume Two - includes the final two titles in this series, Bess on her own in Canada and Sharlie's Kenya Diary. As with Volume One, we shall be including the original photographs which are lovely, and the additional drawings which also enhance the books.
Gay Lambert is an impetuous, warm-hearted senior at the Chalet School who quickly takes sad shy Jacynth Hardy under her wing. But the summer term proves to be a difficult one for Gay and her friends when a dreadful accident causes a new headmistress to be appointed. Authoritarian Miss Bubb has very different views on how a school should be run and soon there is wide discontent. When Gay takes matters into her own hands, it's clear something must be done...
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer 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. Brent-Dyer's first book, Gerry Goes to School, was published in 1922 and became the first of the La Rochelle series. She was inspired to start the Chalet School series after holidaying in the Austrian Tyrol at Pertisau-am-Achensee. The first book in the series, The School at the Chalet, was published in 1923. Although she was raised as an Anglican, she converted to Roman Catholicism in 1930. In 1933, Brent-Dyer and her mother moved to Hereford, where Brent-Dyer was employed as a governess in Peterchurch. In 1938, she opened her own school, the Margaret Roper School, which closed in 1948. She then dedicated all of her time to writing. Brent-Dyer's mother died in 1957. In 1964, her long-time friend Phyllis Matthewman persuaded her leave the unmanageably large Victorian villa at which she had previously run her school in order to live with Phyllis and her literary agent husband, Sydney. After first living together as tenants in half of a house called Albury Edge, at Redhill, Surrey, they bought a house together, Gryphons, also at Redhill, in 1965. Phyllis's aunt, who knew the Dyer family, had introduced them to one another in childhood. Sydney Matthewman served as Brent-Dyer's agent.
When Madge Bettany decides to start a school in the Austrian Alps, little does she realize how such a small idea will so completely change her life. Now, in this classic series of books, first published in the 1920s, join the Chalet School's first pupil, Joey Bettany, as she forges strong bonds of friendship with girls from Europe and America. Independent, intelligent, resourceful, and bold—the girls of Chalet School make each new term and adventure.
Rosamund Lilley is horrified to learn that she has won a scholarship to the Chalet School given by Tom Gay's parents. She doesn't want to leave her friends and family in a south of England town and go to Switzerland. But her mother feels that Rosamund was being influenced by the wrong girls, especially Joan Baker, their next-door neighbour, and accepts for her. Once she arrives she is introduced to the Maynard triplets and quickly becomes friends with Len, making the transition into school life easier. She also discovers that it isn't as scary as she had feared.
CS No 45Jack Lambert arrives at the CS and is shown the ropes by her dormitory prefect, Len Maynard. When Jack is in real trouble Len comes to the rescue. The Armada paperback had minor, frequent, cuts. Lisa Townsend, author of A Difficult Term for the Chalet School, has written a short story, 'Margot Wins Through'.
