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Advantages: Addictive, exciting, wide-appeal Disadvantages: Some of rarer titles are difficult to find
and the location (Austria and Switzerland were especially interesting). My first Chalet School book was given to me by my Grandmother - I saw the list of 'other titles' on the last page and knew I'd have to read the next, and the next…
But as a 24-year-old ddult I continue to read them. The books are beautifully written, with lots of period detail - they even deal with the Nazism and the effects it had on Austria and Europe, in an accessible, but effective way. The books have multi-layers to them, so that both adults and children can enjoy them - in a similar way to the Harry Potter books.
They are not even just for females. I know a couple of males who have enjoyed the books tremendously.
I have been collecting the Chalet School books since I was 9, and only have 3 titles left to find to complete my collection. Easy you might think ...
Advantages: Very collectable, interesting historical perspective, amusing and memorable characters, strong moral thread Disadvantages: Occasionally repetitive and inconsistent in plots towards the end of the series
Highly collectable and eminently readable, the Chalet School series is a fascinating and uplifting set of 62 books, centering on the School itself, and particularly the Bettany/Maynard families, as they experience the peacetime beauty of the Austrian tyrol, the terror of War, and the changes forced by its aftermath.
Always exciting, and with a set of memorable, absorbing and often amusing characters, the set of books as a whole is not without its flaws. As devout fans of the series will tell you, Brent-Dyer could be inconsistent, and occasionally repetitive with her plots towards the end of the series. The first 10 books are universally acknowledged to be the best of Brent-Dyers tales, with the flight from the Nazi invasion of the Austrian Tyrol (The Chalet School in Exile) both moving and historically interesting. The detailed ...
Advantages: Warm and moving story for any age group Disadvantages: hard to get in hard back.
A much later book than School at the Chalet, Highland Twins is number 16 in the series. Now for the story: When it beings, Jo (of School at the Chalet fame) has left school, is a prolific author, married and has triplet daughters.
The chalet school has been forced to remove itself from Austria, first for a brief stay in Guernsey then as the war in Europe gets closer, they move to the Golden Valley in Armishire. Naturally Jo and her family move too.
It is hard for people who were not around to imagine what wartime in Britain was like. I do not mean the air raids as such but the everyday deprivations people endured. Women who had never worked since marriage were suddenly being called up to work in munitions factories and other occupations left vacant by the men. Single women had to become land girls, bus drivers or join one of the many ...
