Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School

by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

Chalet School hardback (6), Chalet School paperback (6)

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Eustacia's parents were serious and solemn creatures who brought her up to be self-sufficient and almost totally unlovable. When they die, she is dispatched to the Chalet School, where the lifestyle comes as a huge shock to Eustacia.

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Eustacia is the daughter of an eminent professor who dies at the start of the book. Left with an aunt and five lively boy cousins, she becomes upset and is quite obnoxious. Then she is sent to the Chalet School. She considers herself superior to the other girls, which inevitably leads to some clashes and - eventually - high drama.

This is sixth in the lengthy series, and I'm delighted to have it in hardback now. Although apparently not much was cut, I found it much better than the abridged paperback version which I read in 2003.

Good light reading that doesn't use up too much brain power, and yet is surprisingly moving in places. This would make a good starting point for someone wanting to read the Chalet School series, without starting show more at the beginning.

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Fun, but not my favorite I accidentally caught sight of the last paragraph and that completely spoiled the ending for me. (I had been between two thoughts.)

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Brisley, Nina K. (Illustrator)
Cridland, Clarissa (Contributor)
McMichael, Susan (Contributor)

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Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
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823.912Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991901-1945

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