Angela Brazil

Broschiertes Buch

The Youngest Girl in the Fifth

A School Story

Beschreibung

A classic fictional tale of life at an English ¿all girls¿ school, Angela Brazil's ¿The Youngest Girl in the Fifth¿ follows the travails and triumphs of Gwen, the youngest girl in her year at a traditional boarding school. Charming and entertaining, it is highly recommended for young girls and those with an interest in early schoolgirls' stories. Angela Brazil (1868 ¿ 1947) was an English author most famous for being one of the first writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories". Her stories were presented from the characters' point of view and were written primarily as entertainment rather than moral instruction. During the first half of the 20th century, Brazil published nearly 50 such books, with the vast majority being set in English boarding schools. Brazil's work had a significant influence on changing the nature of fiction for girls. Her charters were chiefly young females, active, independent, and aware. Brazil's books were often considered to be immoral and deviant, leading to their being burned or banned by many Headteachers in girls schools across Britain. Other notable works by this author include: ¿The School in the Forest¿ (1944), ¿Three Terms at Uplands¿ (1945), ¿The School on the Loch¿ (1946). Contents include: ¿The Gascoyne Girls¿, ¿A False Step¿, ¿A Delicate Transaction¿, ¿Trouble in the Fifth¿, ¿A Casting Vote¿, ¿Dick Chambers¿, ¿Gwen Receives a Letter¿, ¿Keeping Christmas¿, ¿A Prodigal¿, ¿A Prize Essay¿, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Autor

Angela Brazil was born on November 30, 1868, and died on March 13, 1947. She was one of the first British writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories," which were written from the point of view of the characters and were meant more for entertainment than to teach morals. Brazil first started writing when she was 10 years old. She and her close childhood friend Leila Langdale made a magazine based on the children's magazine Little Folks, which Brazil loved at the time. There were riddles, short stories, and poems in the "publications'' of the two girls. In their magazines, both girls wrote serials. Brazil's was called "Prince Azib". Brazil wrote Little Folks later in life. She didn't start writing until later in life when she became very interested in Welsh mythology. Angela Brazil is thought to be the first author of girls' school stories who wrote from the student's point of view and whose stories were mostly meant to entertain rather than teach moral lessons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read & Co. Children's
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781528702126
• ISBN-10: 1528702123
• Artikelnr.: 50624265