tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-21:1156319feather_ghyllfeather_ghyllfeather_ghyll2022-10-22T15:27:43Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-21:1156319:197789REVIEW: Barbara at School2022-10-22T15:27:43Z2022-10-22T15:27:43Zpublic3<u>Barbara at School: Josephine Elder, Blackie</u><br /><br />How lovely to be able to sink into a boarding school story where the characters are realistic and their doings are credible. It wasn’t unexpected given that Josephine Elder is the author of this book, but still, <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://feather-ghyll.dreamwidth.org/197789.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=feather_ghyll&ditemid=197789" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-21:1156319:142057REVIEW: The Encircled Heart2017-06-10T07:47:22Z2017-06-10T07:47:22Zpublic0<u>The Encircled Heart: Josephine Elder, Girls Gone By, 2012 reprint. (First published 1951)</u><br /><br />Two words from the same root came to mind as I started reading this book: absorbed and absorbing. <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://feather-ghyll.dreamwidth.org/142057.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=feather_ghyll&ditemid=142057" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-21:1156319:103670REVIEW: The Scholarship Girl at Cambridge2014-07-10T07:47:56Z2014-07-10T07:48:37Zpublic0<u>The Scholarship Girl at Cambridge: Josephine Elder Girls Gone By Publishers 2012</u><br /><br />In this sequel to <em>The Scholarship Girl</em>, (I wrote about it in passing <a href="http://feather-ghyll.livejournal.com/94407.html#cutid1">here</a>) we <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://feather-ghyll.dreamwidth.org/103670.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />I read the introduction etc after the main story. A short story by Joesphine Elder is included where a bunch of schoolgirls get their comeuppance - suggesting again the paucity of university stories for girls, even by this author, because you'd have thought GGBP would have put in a story of university life were a suitable one available.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=feather_ghyll&ditemid=103670" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments