feather_ghyll | Entries tagged with the extraordinary new girl

I note this because it’s happened in the last two girls own stories that I’ve read, and doesn’t happen that often. Among the stories in Blackie’s Girls Annual (see this entry) is ( Read more... )

How rare do you feel fighting is in Girls Own? Are there authors that are more likely to write about it than others? What stance do they take (eg is is a 'wild' girl who hasn't had a mother/has been brought up with several brothers?)? Is there a change in attitudes over the years (did I miss the Fight Club Term at Trebizon?)

Crossposts: http://feather-ghyll.livejournal.com/79866.html

Elizabeth at Grayling Court: Margaret W. Griffiths. Warne, 1947

When you start reading a book with the above title and the first thing that happens is a discussion about whether a girl named Diana is to go to school, you’re entitled to some shock. Even to double check the cover and flick through the pages. ( Read more... ) Apparently there’s a prequel about Elizabeth’s life in Canada, which I’ll be happy to read if it comes my way.

Crossposts: http://feather-ghyll.livejournal.com/68493.html

Princess Anne: Katherine L. Oldmeadow. The Chirldren's Press (this edition published some time before Oct 1961, and wonderously, the previous owner's name was...Anne.

I finished reading this book this morning as I couldn't sleep, so that may influence what I type next.

I'm gradually rereading all my Oldmeadows and hoping I'll come across new-to-me copies of her books soon because of it. (Since reviewing Princess Charming, I reread Princess Prunella, and never got around to reviewing it.) Princess Anne never left that much of an impression on me, and I vaguely wondered if it was because I got Princess Charming and other books first. Having reread it, I think it's caused by more than that. ( Read more... )

Crossposts: http://feather-ghyll.livejournal.com/66788.html

Class: Jane Beaton Sphere 2008

I came across this book in a charity shop. It’s a chick-litty, modern day take on the boarding school genre, written for girls who wanted to go to Mallory Towers, whether that was a few years ago or, as in my case, quite a few years ago.

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Crossposts: http://feather-ghyll.livejournal.com/65410.html

Jan of the Fourth: Christine Chaundler. Nelson

We’re not just talking about a Fourth form here, but a Middle Fourth, the lowest Middle form at St Anne’s, a large boarding school. ( Read more... )

I hope everyone had a happy Easter! I had a chance to catch up on some reading and quite a few were Girls Ownish-type books, so I have a backlog of reviews to post. First, a tale of an intra-school feud, spy hunting, a dash of hockey and alarm clocks under pillows.

The Denehurst Secret Service: Gwendoline Courtney Girls Gone By 2005.

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Princess Charming: Katherine L. Oldmeadow. The Children’s Press 1960?

I’ve owned this book since before I wrote my name in ‘joined-up’ writing, so I’m hardly unbiased, but it was good to reread this (and a while since I had last read it). It left me wanting to collect more of Oldmeadow’s books – I have about five of them, and it's been a while since I bought the last.

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I am so behind, I finished reading this last weekend and meant to post this then!

The New Girl at St Chad’s: Angela Brazil Blackie.

Three ‘bookmarks’ were found in this book – a pressed flower, which will stay, a picture of E.R.T. Holmes, a cricket player, cut out from a newspaper, and a sentimental verse, cut out of a girls’ magazine based on what is on the back.

( ”Then, with a look of utterly crushing scorn, she burst out:'You needn't think that what you have done is at all clever. It's not the place of a new girl to show off in this way, and you'll gain nothing by it. I am responsible for St. Chad's, and I don't mean to have this kind of nonsense going on there; so please understand Honor Fitzgerald, that if you give any more trouble, you may expect to find yourself thoroughly well sat upon.' p.56 )

I caught a bug over Easter, and I’m not quite fully recovered yet. Anyway, here’s what I read...( Read more... )

The Morning Gift: Eva Ibbotson
The Venetian Affair: Helen MacInnes
At Risk: Stella Rimington
Junior Captain: Nancy Breary
Sally Baxter, Girl Reporter - Hong Kong Deadline
They Called it World's End: Nan Chauncy

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[Partially edited for spelling, punctuation and grammar on 2/11/18.]

Nicky of the Lower Fourth by Evelyn Smith (Blackie & Son.) is the first book by this authoress that I’ve ever read, but I’ll certainly keep an eye out for more from now on. ( Read more... )

Willingly to School: Mary Cathcart Borer Lutterworth Press 1976.

I have to admit to being underwhelmed. For one thing, surely it would have been more honest to subtitle it ‘A History of English Women’s Education’, ( Read more... )

Torley Grange: Gwendoline Courtney Girls Gone By Publishers, 2008.

The word that comes to me after having enjoyed reading this book on a train journey is ‘jolly’. ( Read more... )

Daisy Pulls it Off (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Sherman Theatre, 4/4/2009)

Daisy Pulls it Off
Written by: Denise Deegan

Well played, Denise Deegan!

Last night, I went to see Daisy Pulls it Off, which I have been itching to see since I first heard of it - a play that gently sends up and celebrates girls' boarding school stories. At the start of the year, I saw that this production was on and rushed to buy a ticket. As the date approached, I began to wonder how they'd handle the material, I only knew a rough outline of the story, but I started worrying that the production would poke fun in the wrong way, but it didn't and now I really want a copy of the play. Oh, and I'm really rather chuffed.

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Dimsie Among the Prefects: Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Oxford. Reprinted 1949

I thought that I had bought four Dimsies in one go, but it was only three, so, after this, only one to go.

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Anyway, I am currently reading A Company of Swans, and it's delightful.

Just Four Girls: Charles Herbert. The Leisure Library.

I don't think I've ever read a school story like this. ( Read more... )

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