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Dorita Fairlie Bruce

Born

in Palos, Spain

May 20, 1885

Died

September 21, 1970

Website

http://home.swipnet.se/flickbok/bruce.htm

Genre

Children's Books

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Dorothy Morris Fairlie Bruce was born in 1885, in Palos, Spain, the daughter of Scots civil engineer Alexander Fairlie Bruce, and his wife, Katherine Elizabeth Fairbairn. Soon after her birth, the family returned to Scotland, and Bruce spent her early childhood in Blanefield, on the Campsie Hills, Stirling. The family moved to Ealing, West London, in 1895, where Bruce would live until 1949.

Educated at Clarence House in Roehampton - a boarding school she would use as the model for the Jane Willard Foundation, in her "Dimsie" books - Bruce, who was unmarried, devoted much of her middle adulthood to caring for her invalid mother, and helping to raise her brother's three children, after his death. She was actively involved with the Girls Guildr ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 873 ratings · 93 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dimsie Goes to School 4.06 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1921 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dimsie Moves Up 3.86 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1921 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dimsie, Head Girl 3.88 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1925 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dimsie Among the Prefects 3.90 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1923 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dimsie Moves Up Again 3.85 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1922 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dimsie Grows Up 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1924 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain at Springdale 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Boarding School Girl 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1925 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New House Captain 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1928 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nancy to the Rescue 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1927 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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