St Clare's Collection - 9 Books

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Fisher, Margery (1986), The Bright Face of Danger: An Exploration of the Adventure Story, Hodder Children's Books, ISBN 978-0-34022-993-4 In book nine the unimaginable has happened - the twins made head girl! It's a tough job - cheeky first formers and cruel Priscilla keep the girls on their toes. Elsie stayed down in the second form for the term - she should have really gone up to the third form. She is spiteful and Carlotta calls her ‘Catty Elisie’. There is a feud between her and the rest of the form. When Carlotta tries to invite her to her midnight feast, Elsie refuses, though she wants to go and plots to ruin it for the second formers. When Elsie sees Miss Theobald at the end of term Miss Theobald says she is not up to go to the third form in either behaviour or work, though she is too old to be in the second form. This suggests she may have a learning problem or just doesn't try very hard. At the very end of the book, Elsie shows a bit of a change in spirit and is nice to Gladys, who is sad that her mother is ill. Elsie is the main antagonist of the book but isn't mentioned in any other books in the series, so it is unknown whether she really turns over a new leaf or whether she reverts to her old ways.

The Enchanted Lands", Genome Project: Radio Times 1923–2009, no.3847, BBC, 23 October 1997, p.88 , retrieved 25 February 2018 Perhaps Blyton was very ambitiously intending to write several more St Clare's books and wanted three books for each form? (18 St Clare's books, oh the joy!) She seems to have given up on that idea after the second form if so. Despite its name, the society provided accommodation for pre-school infants in need of special care. [87]

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Her love of tennis included playing naked, with nude tennis "a common practice in those days among the more louche members of the middle classes". [103] [104] Overall, the St Clare's Collection is a delightful and charming series that has stood the test of time. Its lovable characters, relatable themes, and engaging storytelling make it a must-read for children and adults alike. Whether you're looking for a nostalgic trip down memory lane or a fun and engaging read for your children, the St Clare's Collection is sure to delight and entertain.

Although at first they do not get on well, an unlikely friendship later develops between Gladys and Mirabel, as they help each other cope with their first time in boarding school. Mirabel turns out to be a talented musician and Gladys a gifted actor, and the class manage to use these talents to ease the two girls into the way of things at the school. Sherine, Ariane (24 September 2016). "Stop censoring Enid Blyton". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. To her enormous annoyance nobody seemed to notice it. As a matter of fact, they took so little notice of her at all that if she had suddenly grown a moustache and worn riding-boots they wouldn't have bothered. Who wanted to pay any attention to Gwen? She had never done anything to make herself liked or trusted, so the best thing to do was to ignore her. By 1974 the Famous Five Club had a membership of 220,000, and was growing at the rate of 6,000 new members a year. [89] [e] The Beaconsfield home it was set up to support closed in 1967, but the club continued to raise funds for other paediatric charities, including an Enid Blyton bed at Great Ormond Street Hospital and a mini-bus for disabled children at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. [91] Jigsaw puzzle and games [ edit ] Meet the O'Sullivan twins: Pat and Isabel. Cheeky, obstinate and determined to make pests of themselves at St. Clare's. Blyton has used the 'rebels against new school' formula time and again, and it works each time. It's probably more fun to read about anti-establishment children than about earnest ones keen on making a good impression.Blyton's The Faraway Tree series of books has also been adapted to television and film. On 29 September 1997 the BBC began broadcasting an animated series called The Enchanted Lands, based on the series. [169] It was announced in October 2014 that a deal had been signed with publishers Hachette for "The Faraway Tree" series to be adapted into a live-action film by director Sam Mendes' production company. Marlene Johnson, head of children's books at Hachette, said: "Enid Blyton was a passionate advocate of children's storytelling, and The Magic Faraway Tree is a fantastic example of her creative imagination." [170] In 1960 alone, eleven Noddy books were published, including the strip books Noddy and the Runaway Wheel, Noddy's Bag of Money, and Noddy's Car Gets into Trouble. [1] When I was little and read the school series I had read the full Malory towers series before I read any St Clares - and I always liked the fact that although (inevitably) the situations were, in some ways, similar the books were completely different! I guess this is also reflected in the settings Enid chose for the books. I won't for the moment describe what these plot holes are - some may find it an enjoyable puzzle to try to work out what they might be. But, if asked, I will describe them, perhaps preceded by a prominent "SPOILER" warning. Si kembar Pat dan Isabel wataknya tak jauh berbeda, hanya Pat kadang lebih berani dan pemberontak. Teman-teman mereka di St Clare karakterisasinya lebih smooth, dalam artian tidak ada yg menonjol sekali dan nyaris membaur antara si ini dan si anu. Tapi ini msh buku pertama, barangkali setelah baca ulang seluruh serinya, pendapat saya bisa berubah.

Kedua anak kembar itu merupakan kepala murid di sekolah lama mereka, sehingga mereka terbiasa dipandang dan dihormati. Di St. Clare mereka berdua menjadi murid-murid termuda, dan harus melayani murid-murid dari dua kelas tertinggi. Patricia O'Sullivan alias Pat dan saudara kembarnya Isabel O'Sullivan dimasukkan ke St. Clare oleh orang tuanya. Awalnya mereka menolak dan bertekad untuk bersikap buruk sehingga mereka bisa pindah ke sekolah yang mereka inginkan. Tapi ternyata St. Clare memberikan mereka "pengalaman" yang tak pernah terlupakan. If you cannot open a .mobi file on your mobile device, please use .epub with an appropriate eReader. Fine, Anne (27 November 2008), "A Fine Defence of Enid Blyton", BBC Radio 4 , retrieved 22 January 2014GloomyGraham wrote: ↑ 19 Nov 2023, 07:31I think (not just in the school books - and well before she became ill) Enid forgot a few things. Blyton felt a responsibility to provide her readers with a positive moral framework, and she encouraged them to support worthy causes. [82] Her view, expressed in a 1957 article, was that children should help animals and other children rather than adults: Fuenf Freunde", Festival Focus, archived from the original on 12 March 2014 , retrieved 11 March 2014 Continuing the popular series, St Clare's boarding-school has some interesting newcomers. Claudine, a French girl, causes great excitement by doing and saying exactly what she likes, and Eileen's mother is the new Matron.

Maybe Enid Blyton was drawing on memories of school stories she'd read as a girl when she started the St. Clare's series, which would explain why they (or the early titles, at least) seem a little old-fashioned even for the era in which they were written? Also, it seems that she hadn't yet got into her stride when it came to handling a number of sub-plots revolving around different girls. Funnily enough, the first Naughtiest Girl book was written earlier and is more skilfully plotted and pacier, but that's set at an out-of-the-ordinary school, progressive and co-educational, and I think that caught Enid's imagination. And Elizabeth Allen is the main character, with most plot threads centring around her, making it easier to bring everything together. I completely agree with you - It never crossed my mind when I grew up reading the St Clares books that there should have been another story. In book four, the twins have made it to second form. New girls Gladys and Mirabel have great talents for acting and music. After this sobriety, Enid went on to begin a "proper" school series (unlike St Clare's, it's one beginning (Book 1), 2 sequels, a change in direction (Book 4), then a new theme (5) plus a finale (6)). By then the publisher must have said, be more disciplined, you've had 6 books to experiment with that formula! Learning from this experience, Malory Towers was a more pre-planned, sequential affair. They're more complex, darker, has real tragedy in it, and the "villians" are more disturbing. The characters are more complex--shades of good and bad. Stoney, Barbara (2011) [2006], Enid Blyton: The Biography (Kindleed.), History Press, ISBN 978-0-7524-6957-7Books: Hurrah! the Sun Never Sets on Enid Blyton". The Independent on Sunday. 18 July 2004. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014 . Retrieved 28 March 2014. The two girl twins, Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan, having just finished school at the elite school Redroofs, are expected to move on to senior school. While most of their friends at their old school (including Mary and Frances Waters) are moving to the equally elite Ringmere, the twins' parents are reluctant to send them to an expensive school as they are afraid the twins might become spoilt and snobbish. Furious at their parents' refusal to send them to the school of their choice, the twins are determined to be as difficult as possible at St. Clare's. Gwen did try to alter herself a bit, so that she wouldn't be like Maureen. She stopped her silly laugh and her wide, false smile. She stopped talking about herself too.