St. Clare's
St. Clare's, a girls' boarding school which predates Malory Towers, is described by one parent as "a very sensible sort of school" but it is also a place of madcap schemes, games and jollity.
Headmistress Miss Theobald believes that people get out of life what they put into it, telling her pupils: "Do your best for us and St. Clare's will be able to do its best for you!"
Memorable characters — and there are many! — include Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan (the "stuck-up twins" as they are called at first), feather-headed Alison, mischievous French girl Claudine, circus-girl Carlotta, Don't-Care Bobby, Sour-Milk Prudence, the Honourable Angela Favorleigh and "Mam'zelle Abominable."
Tricks and jokes, midnight feasts, sports matches, thrilling rescues, fun and friendship are all a part of life at the school — but so are hard work, exams, problems, hot tempers, malice and snobbery. Certainly there's never a dull moment at St. Clare's!
The first St. Clare's book was published in 1941 and the series of six books remains popular today.
The series is unusual in that the first three titles all revolve around life in the first form while the other three focus on the second, fourth and fifth forms respectively.
Early editions of the books had lively illustrations by W. Lindsay Cable. There are three additional titles available, written by Pamela Cox, who is also writing additional titles for the Malory Towers series.
St. Clare's Books
- Original St. Clare's Novels by Enid Blyton
- St. Clare's Continuation Novels by Pamela Cox
- St. Clare's Obmnibus Editions by Dean
St Clare's
There are 6 original St. Clare's books by Enid Blyton written between 1941 and 1945...
First Published in 1941 by Methuen Book 1 of 6 in this category See review by Terry Gustafson and Jo Chambers |
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First Published in 1942 by Methuen Book 2 of 6 in this category See review by Terry Gustafson and Jo Chambers |
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First Published in 1943 by Methuen Book 3 of 6 in this category See review by Terry Gustafson |
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First Published in 1944 by Methuen Book 4 of 6 in this category See review by Terry Gustafson |
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First Published in 1944 by Methuen Book 5 of 6 in this category See review by Terry Gustafson |
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First Published in 1945 by Methuen Book 6 of 6 in this category See review by Terry Gustafson |
St. Clare's Sequels
In 2000, Pamela Cox wrote two more St. Clare's books to "fill in" the gaps in the series. In 2008 she wrote another, Kitty at St. Clare's. Pamela Cox is also writing sequels for the Malory Towers series.
First Published in 2000 by Mammoth Book 1 of 3 in this category |
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First Published in 2000 by Mammoth Book 2 of 3 in this category |
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First Published in 2008 by Mammoth Book 3 of 3 in this category |
Dean School Omnibus Editions
The Dean School Omnibus Editions of St. Clare's each contain three of the original novels written by Enid Blyton...
First Published in 1991 by Dean Book 1 of 4 in this category |
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First Published in 1992 by Dean Book 3 of 4 in this category |