The Chalet School is a fictional girls' boarding school, the setting of around sixty school story novels by Elinor Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970. The school was initially located in Austria, moved to Guernsey in 1939, following the rise to power of the Nazi Party, then to "Plas Howell", a house on the border of England and Wales, then to the fictional island of St Briavels, off the south-west Welsh coast and finally to Swi...
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The Chalet School is a fictional girls' boarding school, the setting of around sixty school story novels by Elinor Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970. The school was initially located in Austria, moved to Guernsey in 1939, following the rise to power of the Nazi Party, then to "Plas Howell", a house on the border of England and Wales, then to the fictional island of St Briavels, off the south-west Welsh coast and finally to Switzerland.
Elinor Brent-Dyer is widely regarded as one of the most famous writers of school stories for girls. There are a number of websites and societies of fans who still enjoy and collect her books.
The Chalet School is founded in 1925 by Madge Bettany when her brother Dick decides to take up a job in India. She comes to the conclusion that starting a school would be a convenient way to generate some much-needed income, while also looking after her infirm younger sister Joey. Finding that suitable locations in England would be too expensive...
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