There are some rl parallels and things in them. (For instance, Elinor had a rl adopted sister, like Robin, called Hazel.) However, clearly a lot of it is based on general observation, and it was a thought that struck me on this re-read, but it would be impossible to ever know.
was reading "Coming of Age", and it's Biddy who's Kathie's closest friend. I wonder which book starts the "Miss Ferrars and Miss Wilmot, greatest of friends"?
I can't quite remember - but presumably it happens after Biddy marries and leaves, I suppose.
We don't seem to see Hilda's feelings (about anything!) so much - she's more reserved, even with the readers.
Yes, I think that's a very good point - and what probably trips me up sometimes. I shipped them much more this time, but I swing from friendshipping to shipping with them quite frequently and then back again. I like them either way, but, yes, Hilda's reserve is very true.
(And, :lol:, yes about Nell and Con!)
And, yep, so many crushes - lots of people towards Jo (she's immensely attractive to other girls!), and the most open one is Tom's for Daisy Venables, where she even loses her appetite over the whole business. But I think, for all the less realistic attitudes, Elinor was very truthful about people's characters, and teenage girls in an all-girls environment like that will have crushes, and while she's careful to point out nobody's being "silly" or "sentimental" (as she puts it), she still acknowledges it's real, so it is very interesting, really. (There was also, c. 1930, following a court case, a scandal over lesbianism and more awareness of it than there had been before - a lot of girls' school stories from that time also seem to feel the need to defend themselves against (a now unseen) accusation in that regards. The Dimsie books have an anti-soppist campaign (and try to put a stop to the other girls who are giving older girls flowers and collecting pictures of them and such things), but it even comes up in Sayers's Gaudy Night.
Wanda and Marie are just admired like works of art... :-D
And thanks for the friending back! And, yes, feel free to poke around the comment fest.
Are you taking part in fic_corner, btw? Nominations are still open and there seem to be a fair few Chalet School fans on board, looking at it. (And I noticed you doing things for fan_flashworks for quite a few child. lit tiny-fandoms).
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was reading "Coming of Age", and it's Biddy who's Kathie's closest friend. I wonder which book starts the "Miss Ferrars and Miss Wilmot, greatest of friends"?
I can't quite remember - but presumably it happens after Biddy marries and leaves, I suppose.
We don't seem to see Hilda's feelings (about anything!) so much - she's more reserved, even with the readers.
Yes, I think that's a very good point - and what probably trips me up sometimes. I shipped them much more this time, but I swing from friendshipping to shipping with them quite frequently and then back again. I like them either way, but, yes, Hilda's reserve is very true.
(And, :lol:, yes about Nell and Con!)
And, yep, so many crushes - lots of people towards Jo (she's immensely attractive to other girls!), and the most open one is Tom's for Daisy Venables, where she even loses her appetite over the whole business. But I think, for all the less realistic attitudes, Elinor was very truthful about people's characters, and teenage girls in an all-girls environment like that will have crushes, and while she's careful to point out nobody's being "silly" or "sentimental" (as she puts it), she still acknowledges it's real, so it is very interesting, really. (There was also, c. 1930, following a court case, a scandal over lesbianism and more awareness of it than there had been before - a lot of girls' school stories from that time also seem to feel the need to defend themselves against (a now unseen) accusation in that regards. The Dimsie books have an anti-soppist campaign (and try to put a stop to the other girls who are giving older girls flowers and collecting pictures of them and such things), but it even comes up in Sayers's Gaudy Night.
Wanda and Marie are just admired like works of art... :-D
And thanks for the friending back! And, yes, feel free to poke around the comment fest.
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