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The Chalet School Companion
by Helen McClelland

Armada/HarperCollins, 1994, normal size paperback [18cm x 11cm], 160 pages

 

Printed in Elinor Brent-Dyer's birth Centenary year, this uses some material from ELINOR M. BRENT-DYER'S CHALET SCHOOL, though updated slightly in terms of background information and a new choice of fiction. It lacks all the illustrations of the larger, earlier edition.

 

Contents

 

  • Introduction - Why the Chalet books remain popular and avidly collected today. (pages 7-13)

     

  • The Life Story of EBD - 06/April/1894 - 20/Sept/1969 - Early Life, School Life, Book Life, and Postscript - The End of the Story. (pages 15 - 33)

     

  • Chalet School Locations - The Tirolean Years, The Chalet School on the Move, and The Swiss Years. The true locations in the U K, Austria and Switzerland. (pages 34 - 58)

     

  • Joey's Family - includes the Bettany Family Tree and a synopsis of Joey's life, her family and her 'adoptees'. (pages 59 - 75)

     

  • The Triumvirate Went Skiing - Short story. (pages 76 - 90) (first published 1947 in THE CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS)

     

  • First Members of the Chalet School - Staff and Pupils - Short synopses on Madge and Jo Bettany, Mlle Lepattre, Grizel Cochrane, Simone Lecoutier, Gisela and Maria Marani, Bernhilda and Frieda Mensch, Bette Rincini and Gertrud Steinbrucke. (pages 91 - 105)

     

  • A History of the Chalet School - The Tirolean Years, The Chalet School on the Move, and The Swiss Years. A short overview of the series. (pages 106 - 119)

     

  • Questions and Answers - Including queries on its existence in real life, if the books were based on real people, EBDism's, which matron is which, why no return to the Tirol, linking stories, missing books, etc. (pages 120 - 136)

     

  • Joey Shoves Her Oar In - Short story. (pages 137 - 151) (first published 1947 in THE CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS)

     

  • Hurray for the Chalet School! - Chalet Fans Past and Present. (pages 152 - 155)

     

  • Complete List of Titles in the Chalet School Series. Hardbacks and Paperbacks. (pages 156 - 160)

 

contributed by Sandra Fitzgerald, Australia __ working from a paperback edition

If you want to read about the fiction in this book,
click on Stories