Chalet School
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The Chalet School series was a series of books written by Elinor Brent-Dyer set at a boarding school initially located in Austria. In 1939 the school moved to Guernsey, following the rise in power of the Nazis, and from there it moved to the fictional town of Armiford in Wales. By the end of the series the Chalet School is located in Switzerland.
The first book in the series, The School at the Chalet, was published in 1925. Key characters include Madge Bettany (the founder of the school), Joey Bettany (Madge's sister), Jem Russell (a school doctor and Madge's husband), and Jack Maynard (school doctor and later Joey's husband). As younger characters like Joey grow up and have their own children a "second generation" appears: many of the final books in the series are centred around Joey's triplet daughters, Len, Con and Margot.
Elinor Brent-Dyer is widely regarded as one of the Big Four - the most famous writers of school stories for girls. There are a number of websites and societies of fans who still enjoy and collect her books.
The books are (in order of the events that took place):
- The School at the Chalet (1925)
- Jo of the Chalet School
- The Princess of the Chalet School
- The Head-Girl of the Chalet School
- The Rivals of the Chalet School
- Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School
- The Chalet School and Jo
- The Chalet Girls in Camp
- The Exploits of the Chalet Girls
- The Chalet School and the Lintons
- The New House at the Chalet School
- Jo Returns to the Chalet School
- The New Chalet School
- The Chalet School in Exile
- The Chalet School Goes to It
- Highland Twins at the Chalet School
- Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School
- Gay From China at the Chalet School
- Jo to the Rescue
- The Chalet School and Rosalie
- Three Go to the Chalet School
- The Chalet School and the Island
- Peggy Of The Chalet School
- Carola Storms the Chalet School
- The Wrong Chalet School
- Shocks for the Chalet School
- The Chalet School in the Oberland
- Bride Leads the Chalet School
- Changes for the Chalet School
- Joey Goes to the Oberland
- The Chalet School and Barbara
- The Chalet School Does it Again
- A Chalet Girl from Kenya
- Mary-Lou of the Chalet School
- A Genius at the Chalet School
- A Problem for the Chalet School
- The New Mistress at the Chalet School
- Excitements at the Chalet School
- The Coming of Age of the Chalet School
- The Chalet School and Richenda
- Trials for the Chalet School
- Theodora and the Chalet School
- Joey and Co. in Tirol
- Ruey Richardson - Chaletian
- A Leader in the Chalet School
- The Chalet School Wins the Trick
- A Future Chalet School Girl
- The Feud in the Chalet School
- The Chalet School Triplets
- The Chalet School Reunion
- Jane and the Chalet School
- Redheads at the Chalet School
- Adrienne and the Chalet School
- Summer Term at the Chalet School
- Challenge for the Chalet School
- Two Sams at the Chalet School
- Althea Joins the Chalet School
- Prefects of the Chalet School (1970)
External links
- Friends of the Chalet School (http://www.rockterrace.demon.co.uk/FOCS/main.html)
- The Chaletian (http://www.chaletian.co.uk/)
- The Chalet School Journal (http://www.esatclear.ie/~cmb)