Year |
Title |
1922 |
GERRY GOES TO SCHOOL (LR 1) |
1923 |
A HEAD GIRL'S DIFFICULTIES (LR 2) |
1924 |
THE MAIDS OF LA ROCHELLE (LR 3) |
1925 |
THE SCHOOL AT THE CHALET (CS 1) |
1926 |
JO OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 2) |
1927 |
THE PRINCESS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 3) |
SEVEN SCAMPS (LR 4) |
|
A THRILLING TERM AT JANEWAYS |
|
1928 |
THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 4) |
THE NEW HOUSEMISTRESS |
|
JUDY THE GUIDE |
|
1929 |
THE RIVALS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 5) |
HEATHER LEAVES SCHOOL (LR 5) |
|
1930 |
THE SCHOOL BY THE RIVER |
EUSTACIA GOES TO THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 6) |
|
1931 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND JO (CS 7) |
THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE |
|
1932 |
THE LITTLE MARIE-JOSE |
JANIE OF LA ROCHELLE (LR 6) |
|
THE CHALET GIRLS IN CAMP (CS 8) |
|
1933 |
THE EXPLOITS OF THE CHALET GIRLS (CS 9) |
1934 |
CARNATION OF THE UPPER FOURTH |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE LINTONS (CS 10) |
|
1935 |
ELIZABETH THE GALLANT |
THE NEW HOUSE AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 11) |
|
1936 |
JO RETURNS TO THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 12) |
MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS |
|
1937 |
CAROLINE THE SECOND |
1938 |
THEY BOTH LIKED DOGS |
THE NEW CHALET SCHOOL (CS 13) |
|
1940 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN EXILE (CS 14) |
1941 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL GOES TO IT (CS 15) |
1942 |
THE HIGHLAND TWINS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 16) |
THE LITTLE MISSUS |
|
1943 |
LAVENDER LAUGHS IN THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 17) |
1944 |
GAY FROM CHINA AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 18) |
1945 |
JO TO THE RESCUE (CS 19) |
1946 |
THE LOST STAIRCASE |
1947 |
FIRST CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS (includes TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL) |
LORNA AT WYNYARDS |
|
1948 |
STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA |
SECOND CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS |
|
1949 |
THIRD CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS |
THREE GO TO THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 20) |
|
1950 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE ISLAND (CS 21) |
PEGGY OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 22) |
|
FARDINGALES |
|
1951 |
CAROLA STORMS THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 23) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND ROSALIE (a paperback - not part of the series at this time) |
|
SCHOOLGIRLS ABROAD: a series of geography readers |
|
1952 |
THE WRONG CHALET SCHOOL (CS 24) |
SHOCKS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 25) |
|
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN THE OBERLAND (CS 26) |
|
1953 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL COOK BOOK |
BRIDE LEADS THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 27) |
|
CHANGES FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 28) |
|
JANIE STEPS IN (LR 7) |
|
THE 'SUSANNAH' ADVENTURE |
|
1954 |
CHUDLEIGH HOLD (ChH 1) |
CONDOR GRAGS ADVENTURE (ChH 2) |
|
NESTA STEPS OUT |
|
KENNELMAID NAN |
|
JOEY GOES TO THE OBERLAND (CS 29) |
|
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA (CS 30) |
|
1955 |
TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 31*) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL DOES IT AGAIN (CS 32) |
|
A CHALET GIRL FROM KENYA (CS 33) |
|
TOP SECRET (ChH 3) |
|
BEECHY OF THE HARBOUR SCHOOL |
|
1956 |
LEADER IN SPITE OF HERSELF |
MARY-LOU OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 34) |
|
A GENIUS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 35) |
|
A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 36) |
|
1957 |
THE NEW MISTRESS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 37) |
EXCITEMENTS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 38) |
|
1958 |
THE COMING OF AGE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 39) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND RICHENDA (CS 40) |
|
Re-issue of CARNATION OF THE UPPER FOURTH – abridged version |
|
1959 |
TRIALS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 41) |
THEODORA AND THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 42) |
|
1960 |
JOEY AND CO IN TIROL (CS 43) |
RUEY RICHARDSON, CHALETIAN (CS 44) |
|
1961 |
A LEADER IN THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 45) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL WINS THE TRICK (CS 46) |
|
1962 |
A FUTURE CHALET SCHOOL GIRL (CS 47) |
THE FEUD IN THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 48) |
|
THE SCHOOL AT SKELTON HALL |
|
1963 |
TROUBLE AT SKELTON HALL |
THE CHALET SCHOOL TRIPLETS (CS 49) |
|
THE CHALET SCHOOL REUNION (CS 50) |
|
1964 |
JANE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 51) |
REDHEADS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 52) |
|
1965 |
ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 53) |
SUMMER TERM AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 54) |
|
1966 |
CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 55) |
1967 |
TWO SAMS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 56) |
1969 |
ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 57) |
1970 |
PREFECTS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 58) |
1996 |
JEAN OF STORMS (first published weekly as a serial in the South Shields Gazette in the 1930s) |
LR indicates La Rochelle Series
CS indicates Chalet School Series
ChH indicates Chudleigh Hold Series
*N.B. This story had already appeared in 1947, in the 'First Chalet Book for Girls'; and the action takes place between nos. 19 and 20 of the series.
The three main series - Chalet School (58 books), La Rochelle (7 books), Chudleigh Hold (3 books) - are indicated in the above chronological list. But other connections, not mentioned above, exist between certain of Elinor Brent-Dyer's books:
(1) CAROLINE THE SECOND (1937) is about the same school as A THRILLING TERM AT JANEWAYS (1927) and a character in the story is descended from the heroine of ELIZABETH THE GALLANT (1935).
(2) STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA (1948) is a sequel to LORNA AT WYNYARDS (1947).
(3) THE 'SUSANNAH' ADVENTURE (1935) is a sequel to FARDINGALES (1950).
(4) TROUBLE AT SKELTON HALL (1963) is a sequel to THE SCHOOL AT SKELTON HALL (1962).
In addition, most of the principal characters in the La Rochelle series are eventually brought into the Chalet stories; as are characters from MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS (1936) and THE LOST STAIRCASE (1946).
There is also a tenuous link between THE SCHOOL BY THE RIVER (1930) and the Chalet series.
A number of short stories by Elinor Brent-Dyer were published in annuals and other collections. These include:
THE LADY IN THE YELLOW GOWN (Mrs Herbert Strang's Big Book for Girls - 1925. Milford O.U.P.)
RESCUE IN THE SNOWS (My Favourite Story. Thames Publishing Company - about 1950.)
An abridged version of ELIZABETH THE GALLANT, originally published in 1935, appeared during the mid-1950s in a children's annual under the title A CAVALIER MAID.
FARDINGALES (1950) also reappeared later in an annual, being then retitled HOUSE OF SECRETS.