Beckham Books Ltd
 BREARY, Nancy.: Rachel Changes Schools. (Illustrated by D.L.Mays). , London: Blackie & Son Ltd, nd. (c.1948).Rachel "was lucky enough to be transferred from the school for orphans where her school-girl days had begun, to that very different establishment Featherstone Hall...To be upsides with the rest of her form, and to find favour with the fascinating Anthea, she even invented wealthy and distinguished relatives. This landed her in a lot of trouble - mixed up with any amount of fun with a really delightful group of girls..." Pp.320, black and white frontispiece + 3 futher black & white plates by D.L.Mays, crinkling to rear endpapers. Purple cloth. Illustrated dustwrapper is price-clipped with small edge tears and wear to rear cover. Scarce in dustwrapper. VG/Good.**Breary was a prolific contributor to the Girls' School Story genre, publishing her first novel, Give a Form a Bad Name, in 1943, and going on to author twenty-six more, concluding with the 1962 Too Many Girls. Although her work does address some of the realities of the school experience - the jealousies amongst the girls, the unpleasantness of being new, and an outsider, the conflict between duty and pleasure - it is rarely intended to be a depiction of "normal life" in a boarding school. Rather, her books offer amusing stories - sometimes almost parodies - complete with many over-the-top elements, from schoolgirl feuds, to secret societies.(Goodreads). (Book ref. 38021) £40.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Beckham Books Ltd , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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