The Twins at St Clare's is a children's novel by Enid Blyton set in an English girls' boarding school. It is the first of the original six novels in the St. Clare's series of school stories. [1] First published in 1941, it tells the story of twin sisters Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in their first term at a new school. [2] They meet many new friends. I cannot add anything more of any depth to the various posts already made - but a couple of simple answers to your question occur to me. The St Clare's Collection by Enid Blyton is a series of novels that follow the adventures of two sisters, Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan, as they attend St Clare's boarding school. The series, which was first published in 1941, has become a beloved classic of children's literature, offering readers a delightful and nostalgic look at school life in post-war England. Mam'zelle! What on earth is a Mam'zelle? If you're French or maybe English, you probably know but the avid readers of Enid Blyton books in a host of countries right round the world will also find out and even relate to this extraordinary character. In this first book of the St Clare's series we are introduced to Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan, the heroines of the series. In common with other Blyton school series, the twins join the school when the rest of their first form class mates have already been there a couple of terms and hence have to struggle to make their mark.

Meet the O'Sullivan twins: Pat and Isabel. Cheeky, obstinate and determined to make pests of themselves at St. Clare's. Blyton has used the 'rebels against new school' formula time and again, and it works each time. It's probably more fun to read about anti-establishment children than about earnest ones keen on making a good impression.

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Gwen did try to alter herself a bit, so that she wouldn't be like Maureen. She stopped her silly laugh and her wide, false smile. She stopped talking about herself too.

a b c d e Alderson, Andrew; Trump, Simon (20 October 2002). "Adulteress Enid Blyton 'ruined her ex-husband' ". The Telegraph . Retrieved 23 January 2014. Sunny Stories was renamed Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories in January 1937, and served as a vehicle for the serialisation of Blyton's books. Her first Naughty Amelia Jane story, about an anti-heroine based on a doll owned by her daughter Gillian, [61] was published in the magazine. [1] Blyton stopped contributing in 1952, and it closed down the following year, shortly before the appearance of the new fortnightly Enid Blyton Magazine written entirely by Blyton. [62] The first edition appeared on 18 March 1953, [63] and the magazine ran until September 1959. [7] REVIEW OF HANNI UND NANNI SIND IMMER DAGEGEN (AND ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE ST. CLARES SERIES IN GENERAL, AS IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN GERMAN) a b "Seven Go on a 21st-Century Adventure: Enid Blyton Classics to Be Rewritten". The Independent. 28 March 2012. I won't for the moment describe what these plot holes are - some may find it an enjoyable puzzle to try to work out what they might be. But, if asked, I will describe them, perhaps preceded by a prominent "SPOILER" warning.John-Henri Holmberg, "The Man Who Inhaled Crime Fiction," in Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer, and John Henri Holmberg (2011), The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time, New York: St. Martin's Griffin, pp. 99–100. The first of twenty-eight books in Blyton's Old Thatch series, The Talking Teapot and Other Tales, was published in 1934, the same year as Brer Rabbit Retold; [22] (note that Brer Rabbit originally featured in Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris), her first serial story and first full-length book, Adventures of the Wishing-Chair, followed in 1937. The Enchanted Wood, the first book in the Faraway Tree series, published in 1939, is about a magic tree inspired by the Norse mythology that had fascinated Blyton as a child. [7] According to Blyton's daughter Gillian the inspiration for the magic tree came from "thinking up a story one day and suddenly she was walking in the enchanted wood and found the tree. In her imagination she climbed up through the branches and met Moon-Face, Silky, the Saucepan Man and the rest of the characters. She had all she needed." [23] As in the Wishing-Chair series, these fantasy books typically involve children being transported into a magical world in which they meet fairies, goblins, elves, pixies and other mythological creatures.

To her enormous annoyance nobody seemed to notice it. As a matter of fact, they took so little notice of her at all that if she had suddenly grown a moustache and worn riding-boots they wouldn't have bothered. Who wanted to pay any attention to Gwen? She had never done anything to make herself liked or trusted, so the best thing to do was to ignore her. By 1974 the Famous Five Club had a membership of 220,000, and was growing at the rate of 6,000 new members a year. [89] [e] The Beaconsfield home it was set up to support closed in 1967, but the club continued to raise funds for other paediatric charities, including an Enid Blyton bed at Great Ormond Street Hospital and a mini-bus for disabled children at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. [91] Jigsaw puzzle and games [ edit ] GloomyGraham wrote: ↑ 19 Nov 2023, 07:31I think (not just in the school books - and well before she became ill) Enid forgot a few things. Wonderful, thanks so much. Perhaps Enid's heart wasn't in it if she'd been 'asked' to write it? Or she did it out of duty more than creative longing/passion/personal inspiration?At term's end, Anna is told she can now go up to the Third Form, who have heard about her success as head girl and want her to return to their year. Elsie is also granted passage into the Third Form after she apologises to Anna and Carlotta for trying to ruin the birthday party, but is told that she is on her last chance and that she must drop her malicious and spiteful attitude if she wants to stay there, and that one mistake will see her expelled from the school. Enid Blyton – the Well-Known Children's Story Writer". The Sunday Observer. 1 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014 . Retrieved 28 March 2014. So we start with the twins' arrival at school and their resistance to all St. Clare's customs, especially 'fagging' (and I don't blame them). However, instead of being developed into the main story, this rebellion is pretty short-lived, and by the sixth chapter or so their attitude has undergone a complete transformation.