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The New Girl at St. Chad's(illustrated): A Story of School Life Kindle Edition

by ANGELA BRAZIL (Author), JOHN CAMPBELL (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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"Any new girls?"
It was Madge Summers who asked the question, seated on the right-hand corner of Maisie Talbot's bed, munching caramels. It was a very small bed, but at that moment it managed to accommodate no less than seven of Maisie's most particular friends, who were closely watching the progress of her unpacking, and discussing the latest school news, interspersed with remarks on her belongings.
Maisie extricated herself from the depths of her box, and handed a pile of stockings to Lettice, her younger sister.
"What's the use of asking me?" she replied. "Our cab only drove up half an hour ago. I feel almost new myself yet."
"So do I, and horribly in the blues too," said Pauline Reynolds. "It's always a wrench to leave home. I'm perfectly miserable for at least three days at the beginning of each term. I feel as if——"
"Oh, don't all begin to expatiate about your feelings!" broke in Chatty Burns. "We know Pauline's symptoms only too well: the first day she shows aggressively red eyes and a damp pocket-handkerchief; the second day she writes lengthy letters home, begging to be allowed to return immediately and have lessons with a private governess; the third day she wanders about, trying to get sympathy from anyone who is weak-minded enough to listen to her, till in desperation somebody drags her into the playground, and makes her have a round at hockey. That cheers her up, and she begins to think life isn't quite such a desert. By the fourth morning she has recovered her spirits, and come to the conclusion that Chessington College is a very decent kind of place; and she begins to be alarmed lest her mother, on the strength of the pathetic letter, should have decided to let her leave at once, and should have already engaged a private governess."
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LYH7AUW
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 12, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1585 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 250 pages

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jennifer booth

Early school drama

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2023

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It was a clean cut drama that was not dull or catty. I liked it with fast chapters and solid work

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013

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Story line not too bad but quaint language and ideas a bit of a put off. If you like stories from early 1900's this book is OK

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Readz Alot

Delightful story from a past century

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2015

I found this on Gutenberg and downloaded it on a whim, not expecting much. (A 'school story' from an early 20th century author of girls' books I'd never heard of didn't promise much.) But I found it amazingly enjoyable, the storyline and characterizations more sophisticated, the style more readable than I would have thought. (Yes, some plot points were obvious -- when the steamer came past when the girls were swimming in the bay, there was no question what would happen -- but well written non-the-less.) I enjoyed it enough to come here and find other books she had written.

Brief plot summary -- 15 year old girl from Ireland, long educated by a governess at home, is sent to school in England for the first time. Her wild character makes things tough for both herself and her school-mates, but she soon comes to love the school and her new friends.

Yes, the language is bit 'quaint', but so is the language in any classic by Louisa May Alcott or Dickens. I'm not sure why this would be a problem.

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