Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School (by Elinor M Brent-Dyer)

I have just finished the sixth book in Elinor M Brent-Dyer’s lengthy Chalet School series, which I’m re-reading at a rate of about one per month. ‘Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School’ takes place not long after ‘Rivals of the Chalet School’ which I re-read at the end of June. It’s the last term for Mary Burnett as Head Girl.

But the main protagonist of this book is Eustacia Benson, a supercilious and uptight girl of thirteen who has been brought up in experimental mode by quite elderly parents...