St Clare's Collection 3: Books 7-9

by Enid Blyton

Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series.Claudine at St Clare'sEileen's mother is the new Matron and Mam'zelle's niece, Claudine, joins St Clare's and causes havoc wherever she goes. The twins are enchanted by rebellious Claudine and her mad-cap plans, but will she last the term?Fifth Formers of St Clare'sThe girls are in the fifth form, about to reach the sixth, but they are not too old for tricks and escapades, jokes and excitement. Especially amusing is French girl Antoinette who, like her sister Claudine, doesn't always understand the ways of St. Clare's.The Sixth Form at St Clare'sThe unimaginable has happened - the twins made head girl! It's a tough job - cheeky first formers and cruel Priscilla keep the girls on their toes.There'll be mischief at St Clare's!Between 1941 and 1946, Enid Blyton wrote six novels set at St Clare's. Books 5, 6 and 9 are authorised sequels of the series written by Pamela Cox and feature storylines set in between the original Blyton novels. These books were published in 2000/2008 and are unillustrated.

465 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 6, 2016

About the author

See also:
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)

Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.

Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.

Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.

According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.

See also her pen name Mary Pollock

Reviews

[Alex M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was a good book. I liked how it focused on the different girls and had secrets that were revealed. I wish that the ending of the book had focused on the O'Sullivan's twins saying goodbye instead of Hillary so that it was more cyclical with the last book finishing with them and the first book starting with them.

[Gladys Almond · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's off to India for Hillary.I A frilly

A truly wonderful exciting set of these three great books, the latest in the series I just love these stories

[Ariastaria · Rating 5 out of 5]

i loved these books, probably my fave books written by enid blyton.

[siva · Rating 5 out of 5]

gave me so much fomo as a kid i begged to be sent to an all girls boarding school.
one of my favorite childhood books EVER

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

once again, my childhood in a book.

[Hilary Tesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the Enid Blyton section of this book - ie the first two sections, the author’s original books. The stories take in more of the twin’s classmates and therefore Pat and Isabel only have walk on parts. Characters that have “improved” in previous stories tend to revert to their bad old ways - whilst the arrival of French Claudine and, in the 5th, her sister Antoinette, provides the best amusement.

Here ends my Enid Blyton school story reading spree!

(Counted as two books for my 2023 reading challenge - target adjusted down one)

[Catherine Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable Kindle 3 in 1 book, two originals by Blyton and one by Pamela Cox, who captures Blyton's writing well