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REVIEW: Dimsie Goes Back
Aug. 2nd, 2017 08:00 amDimsie Goes Back: Dorita Fairlie Bruce Spring Books, published as part of the Halycon Library
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Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation (The Dimsie short stories): Dorita Fairlie Bruce, Girls Gone By, 2011
I first came across Dorita Fairlie Bruce via the Springdale books, and until I bought this collection, I owned an equal amount of Dimsie and Springdale books. If I ever do get a complete collection of the Dimsie books, I should probably read them in order!
Anyway, this is a complete collection of the stories about Dimsie and her school written by Fairlie Bruce for various annuals. They are ( Read more... )
I first came across Dorita Fairlie Bruce via the Springdale books, and until I bought this collection, I owned an equal amount of Dimsie and Springdale books. If I ever do get a complete collection of the Dimsie books, I should probably read them in order!
Anyway, this is a complete collection of the stories about Dimsie and her school written by Fairlie Bruce for various annuals. They are ( Read more... )
REVIEW: Sally's Summer Term
Jun. 11th, 2015 08:32 amSally’s Summer Term: Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Blackie 1961.
You mustn’t grumble when you get what you wished for! This is a moral for me, not from the story. After reading quite a few girls own books where the main character is a new girl, remarkable in some way, I wanted a story about an established schoolgirl. Here is one – the third, I believe, in the Sally series, which I haven’t come across before, although I have Springdale and Dimsie books, and, indeed, the one where they cross over.
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You mustn’t grumble when you get what you wished for! This is a moral for me, not from the story. After reading quite a few girls own books where the main character is a new girl, remarkable in some way, I wanted a story about an established schoolgirl. Here is one – the third, I believe, in the Sally series, which I haven’t come across before, although I have Springdale and Dimsie books, and, indeed, the one where they cross over.
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REREADING: Toby at Tibbs Cross
Aug. 30th, 2010 06:06 pmI mentioned this book when I was reviewing The School on the Moor, which is about Tabitha (Toby)'s earlier adventures. I had forgotten I'd owned it and couldn't find it anywhere. Well, recently, I found the copy - it had slipped under a bookcase, essentially, and was hidden by boxes - and decided to reread it. I think I'm still missing a book or two in this series, though.
Toby at Tibbs Cross: Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Oxford 1944
This could have been titled 'Toby's War Work'; ( Read more... )
Over the weekend, I also reread Princess Charming, so I'll post my thoughts about that soon.
Toby at Tibbs Cross: Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Oxford 1944
This could have been titled 'Toby's War Work'; ( Read more... )
Over the weekend, I also reread Princess Charming, so I'll post my thoughts about that soon.
REVIEW: Dimsie Carries On
Mar. 27th, 2009 06:09 pmDimsie Carries On: Dorita Fairlie Bruce Oxford University Press
This is my post about buying the Dimises I've been reading and reviewing of late. (Tes, it can easily take over six months between the purchase of a book and the reading of it in my world.) Closer scrutiny has shown that I've got reprints, so there must have been other dust jackets originally. Even closer scrutiny (ie the dust jacket breaking up somewhat) has revealed that it's two sided, the other side was a dust jacket for another book entirely (Adventure for Two by Elsie J. Oxenham). I don't think I've come across that before!
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This is my post about buying the Dimises I've been reading and reviewing of late. (Tes, it can easily take over six months between the purchase of a book and the reading of it in my world.) Closer scrutiny has shown that I've got reprints, so there must have been other dust jackets originally. Even closer scrutiny (ie the dust jacket breaking up somewhat) has revealed that it's two sided, the other side was a dust jacket for another book entirely (Adventure for Two by Elsie J. Oxenham). I don't think I've come across that before!
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REVIEW: Dimsie among the Prefects
Mar. 16th, 2009 07:50 amDimsie 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.
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.
REVIEW: Dimsie Goes To School
Mar. 8th, 2009 08:05 amDimsie Goes to School: Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Oxford Univerity Press. Reprinted, 1949.
This is the first of three Dimsie books that I have to read...
And so, we begin at the beginning. I read my first Dimsie book after reading a couple of Springdale books, and my impression of the Jane Willard Foundation school was that it was always raining in comprison, and that they were always doing drills (which sounded beastly) and what kind of a name is the 'Jane Willard Foundation', wondered I. Ouf, typing it out, that opinion comes on a bit stronger than I expected. But rereading and reading more Dimsie books toned it down, and I'm glad to have the opportunity to get a fuller picture of Dimsie and 'Jane's.'. Another thing is that I was used to Dimsie as a Senior, so having her be in the Hilary Garth role is strange.
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This is the first of three Dimsie books that I have to read...
And so, we begin at the beginning. I read my first Dimsie book after reading a couple of Springdale books, and my impression of the Jane Willard Foundation school was that it was always raining in comprison, and that they were always doing drills (which sounded beastly) and what kind of a name is the 'Jane Willard Foundation', wondered I. Ouf, typing it out, that opinion comes on a bit stronger than I expected. But rereading and reading more Dimsie books toned it down, and I'm glad to have the opportunity to get a fuller picture of Dimsie and 'Jane's.'. Another thing is that I was used to Dimsie as a Senior, so having her be in the Hilary Garth role is strange.
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REVIEW: The School on the Moor
Sep. 3rd, 2007 11:01 amResearching for this review, I found out that one of its sequels, Toby of Tibbs' Cross, is that book featuring a Land Girl that I was thinking of the other day. The fact that I didn't remember that I'd read about the further adventures of this character doesn't worry me particularly, but as it wasn't on my main list of girls' own stories, that suggests that it is not stored with the rest of those books, or it wasn't when I made the list to try to avoid buying second copies of books I already own.
(PS: The only tennis I saw yesterday was the entertaining Bryan twins n their way to an easy victory. Doubles always fascinates me, apart from the rat-a-tat volleying, with its psychology. There is some tennis in the book below, but it's mainly a plot device.)
Anyway:
The School on the Moor: Dorita Fairlie Bruce Oxford 1934 reprint
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(PS: The only tennis I saw yesterday was the entertaining Bryan twins n their way to an easy victory. Doubles always fascinates me, apart from the rat-a-tat volleying, with its psychology. There is some tennis in the book below, but it's mainly a plot device.)
Anyway:
The School on the Moor: Dorita Fairlie Bruce Oxford 1934 reprint
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