They were the most popular pupils in their old school and they're determined not to like this new one. Horror-stricken, the three creep back to the school and tell the others what they have overheard. So we start with the twins' arrival at school and their resistance to all St. Clare's customs, especially 'fagging' (and I don't blame them). You should read this if you are nervous about going to a new school. But is St. Clare's as awful as they think, and will the other girls even want them there? In book one, the twins are simply not having it. But she feels she must resign as she is no good as a teacher and can't manage the girls. An official trip had been planned, but when a window is broken and no-one 'owns up' to it, Miss Roberts says that the girls must give their money towards mending the window instead. After an uneasy start, the twins generously help Kathleen Gregory and Sheila Naylor at times of trouble and win their loyal and sincere friendship and praise. She is selected by sports captain Belinda Towers despite having defied her earlier. She doesn't see the girls because of the partition between cubicles, and so starts pouring her heart out to her friend. After the obligatory lecture about eavesdropping, it is decided that all the girls will write a letter of apology to Miss Kennedy and resolve to do better in her class. Shoes had buttons in the 1940s, 21st century readers would clearly understand that, why change it? She finds a wounded dog and nurses it back to health in secret. Pat speeds back to the first form common room, delighted at Belinda's reaction. She keeps him in the warm box room for some days, sneaking food for him from the dinner table and smuggling him down wrapped in blankets for his evening walk/unmentionable. New girls Gladys and Mirabel have great talents for acting and music, and Elsie, the form's unpopular head girl, learns to … In book two, it's the start of the Easter Term and the twins are looking forward to meeting all their friends at St Clare's once more. The dog escapes one day, Miss Theobald finds out, and Kathleen is allowed to keep him. There is the forthright Janet, the steady Hilary, the shy Kathleen and the snobbish Sheila. In book one, the twins are simply not having it. The dust jacket has a small rectangular piece missing from top front. Unfortunately, it is resolved quickly and the story moves on. The reluctant and rebellious new girl is a theme that is always handled excellently by Blyton, as she shows how frustrated the other girls get while keeping up sympathy for the newcomer (Margery in the second book, The O'Sullivan Twins, is a good case in point, as is Mirabel in Second Form at St Clare's). Mam'zelle frequently uses the word "abominable" for the twins' work, and thus the twins secretly begin to call her "Mamzelle Abominable". While most of their friends at their old school are moving to the equally elite Ringmere, the twins' parents are reluctant to send them to an expensive school as they are afraid the twins might become spoilt and snobbish. There is one quite distasteful piece towards the end of the book though, which even as a kid had me quite indignant. Again, very annoying. The Twins at St. Clare's is about 2 twins who are going to a school called St. Clare's. Enid Blyton's The twins at St. Clare's is about twin sisters Patrica and Isabel O 'Sullivan. The Twins At St Clare’sby Enid Blyton. Cheeky, obstinate and determined to make pests of themselves at St. Clare's. Why they can't just sneak off with a bottle of cider like I did at fourteen I don't know... Meet the O'Sullivan twins: Pat and Isabel. However, she agrees with Hilary that perhaps the noise was mice. St. Clare's #1 -- The Twins at St. Clare'sThe Twins Make Up Their Minds One sunny summer afternoon four girls sat on the grass by a tenths-court, drinking lemonade. Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2014. [PDF] The Osullivan Twins At St Clares Download eBook for Free Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series. Janet decides to throw firecrackers into the classroom fire, which upsets Miss Kennedy so much that she writes a note to first form mistress Miss Roberts pleading illness, and leaves the classroom. To be fair, Ringmere, while 'exclusive', does sound much better than St Clare's—great food, individual bedrooms and evening dresses for dinner—so the twins decide to badger their parents to see if there is any chance they might go there. Wrong book delivered. This omnibus collection contains the first three books of the twins adventures at St Clare's boarding school for girls. But happily there's still a bit of teenage rebellion in them ,when they sneak out with Kathleen and Janet to go to the circus. While The Twins at St. Clare's is a good introduction to the characters, it lacks the flow and cohesive plot of the later books. Their journey at St.Clare begins.. When spoiled twins Pat and Isabel O’Sullivan are sent to St Clare’s instead of the luxurious school of their choice, they are hurt and angry. While most of their friends at their old school, two of them Mary and Frances Waters, are moving to the equally elite Ringmere, the twins' parents are reluctant to send them to an expensive school as they are afraid the twins might become spoilt and snobbish. Blyton has used the 'rebels against new school' formula time and again, and it works each time. Unfortunately, this message gets a bit garbled in its delivery and the St. Clare's girls often come across as snobs rather than the sort who espouse such sentiments. Who's for rising en masse and firebombing Egmont's offices?]. Two of the girls were twins.. The twins at St Clare's. ), the twins apologise to Mam'zelle, and all is well again. At first the girls think they have just lost it, but it soon becomes apparent that someone must be stealing. However, Pat turns out to be quite good at lacrosse. The book is a not a bad book. However, Kathleen is allowed to keep the dog and all is well. St. Clare’s is a girl’s only boarding school that is a place of jollity, games, and madcap schemes though it has also been described as being a very sensible educational institution. Miss Theobald arranges for extra coaching in French (Mon Dieu! This plot takes a back seat for a bit, with one that Blyton uses a few times in her school stories, that of money going missing from girls in the form. Other characters include Alison O'Sullivan, Hilary Wentworth, Kathleen Gregory, Janet Robins, Doris Elward, Vera Johns, Sheila Naylor, Roberta "Bobby" Ellis, … 'Haven't you learnt by now that decent people don't say "Didn't ought to"!...you talk like the daughter of the dustman!' But when the twins, Pat and Isabel O’ Sullivan, are ready for their first… Soon after they get to St Clare’s the twins start getting into trouble; they don’t muck in with the rest of the class and the older girls and get put in their place time and time again. By the end of term, the girls are completely settled in and are enjoying St. Clare's. This is a list of the characters in Enid Blyton's series of books St. Clare's StudentsIntroduced in The Twins at St. Clare's Always Identical Twins: The only difference seems to be Pat has more freckles than Isabel. But life at St Clare's is not as easy as they thought. She goes to fess up, and Belinda, while scornful, says this does not have any bearing on Pat's remaining in the team. The St. Clare's novels are a series of six books by Enid Blyton following twins Pat and Isabel through the titular British Boarding School.A lot of the characters are very similar to those in the Malory Towers series.. Janet says that a cousin of hers went to the twins' old school Redroofs and 'fancied herself' so much when she came home that she 'couldn't even bear to sew a button on!' But life at St Clare's is not as easy as they thought. They meet Miss Roberts, a strict but fair teacher, who is also their form mistress, and keeps the form quite well under control. When they first heard about it, they were feeling very upset and they wanted to go to the same school as their friends. I was a huge Malory Towers fan when I was about 8 or 9 years old, and in fact still have my childhood copies. Even they couldn't mend their own tear socks. When they find out Miss Kennedy is terrified of cats, they hide one in the form room cupboard for it to jump out at the teacher during a joint first and second form history lesson. Most pranks are directed at Miss Kennedy, their new history teacher for the term, who is a very timid and insecure teacher, though highly qualified. Published by Egmont. They are soon liked by Miss Theobald, the headmistress, who considers them very dedicated pupils. And I haven't even mentioned the geography exam!). One of the pranks for Miss Kennedy is discovered by Miss Roberts and she punishes the whole form because of it. This (along with St. Clare's haphazard format) leads me to believe she treated St. Clare's as sort of an experimental series and polished quite a few of the same ideas for Malory Towers. The twins are especially at odds with their French mistress, Mam'zelle. I really don't like this whole incident, especially how Sheila is then portrayed as having taken things a bit too seriously, and told not to take Janet at face value. Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series. On a whim several months ago, and despite the horrendous cover, I bough The Twins at St Clare’s. But one day she commits the cardinal sin of saying 'You didn't ought to...' and Janet explodes. When they are told they must rewrite badly done homework even though they have booked seats at the cinema, Pat says they will go to the film anyway and get up out of bed that night to do the work. While most of their friends at their old school are moving to the equally elite Ringmere, the twins' parents are reluctant to send them to an expensive school as they are afraid the twins might become spoilt and snobbish. Their rackets lay beside them, and the six white balls were scattered over the court. -My first reading at November-At first the twins Ollivan didn't like at all to be at St.Clare boarding school. She is very hot tempered, and is frustrated that they make so many mistakes. [1] First published in 1941, it tells the story of twin sisters Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in their first term at a new school. The twins soon find out that keeping their nose high will bring them trouble. The twins and Lucy fix that though by writing to Margery's father, and Margery is thus a Cured Case, entering into St Clare's life with gusto. St Clare's is beneath them and they're determined to cause a stir. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1976 Vinyl release of The Twins At St. Clare's on Discogs. Reprint 1958. Enid Blyton. Had ordered 'The twins at St.Clare's' book which is the first part of the St.Clare's series. This we see when the girls' organized ragging brings the history teacher to the brink of losing her job. But it’s the twins who are in for a shock, and they have some hard lessons to learn. Soon, they are called "the stuck up twins" by the rest of the form. Surely, they made some trouble at St.Clare at the first couple weeks. Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan hate having to start at St. Clare's. Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series. The twins are now well settled at St Clare's, even telling their mother that it's 'not a bad school', and so their rebelliousness sadly ends. Still chuckling at their trick, Pat, Isobel and classmate Kathleen are having tea at a shop in town when in comes Miss Kennedy and a friend. Though Twins may not be a great book, it has its moments. She's right to be insecure, I reckon... And that's it for the twins' first term. Alas, their parents have become (justifiably) concerned at how spoilt and brattish their daughters are becoming, and, in a typical Blytonesque move, say that a dose at a sensible school will sort them out. Though Twins may not be a great book, it has its moments. Through the Sheila Naylor incident, she tries to underscore that 'money and servants and cars didn't matter at all. Get this from a library! 3.0 out of 5 stars The Twins at St Clare's. The twins miss their favourite sports of field hockey and tennis because only lacrosse is played at St Clare's. The dog escapes from the boxroom where he is kept and is discovered by Miss Theobald. Knock-kneed, the twins go along, but find Miss Theobald prepared to listen to their woes of Mam'zelle's strictness and how difficult they are finding a different way of teaching. Determined not to enjoy themselves, they cause lots of trouble and many arguments. If one twin does the work that's OK, since they're identical and Pat can pretend to be Isobel if she needs to go into town... An 'identical twin pretending to be the other' story in a boarding school tale? Wrong book delivered. It's probably more fun to read about anti-establishment children than about earnest ones keen on making a good impression. But the twins' friend Kathleen has something to hide. The twins start the book by telling their parents that they won’t try at St Clare’s because they would rather go to Ringmere School with their friends Mary and Frances White. Case in point: Isobel's comment, 'I didn't even bother to look at the lacrosse sticks Mummy bought for us, did you?' ... id love to go to st clares even if it mean serving the sixth formers Anonymous 24.06.2014. And what's wrong with talking like the daughter of the dustman, I ask? In her wise and kindly headmistressly way, Miss Theobald sorts out the problem, and all is well. The latter of these two provide the main 'lessons' of the book, with Kathleen emerging as a thief who steals to earn friendship and Sheila a girl from a poor family made good who is unsure of how to act in her new social position and consequently over-acts. Blyton does try to address a few issues, such as the fact that teachers too can be vulnerable and … Read more about this topic:  The Twins At St. Clare's, “There saw I how the secret felon wrought,And treason labouring in the traitor’s thought,And midwife Time the ripened plot to murder brought.”—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400), “I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable, the first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism. Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series. Bring it on! Personally, I'm always cheering the new girl on as she is rude to mistresses, scorns the ethics of the other girls and declares loudly that she couldn't give a monkey's about the Dear Old School. July 30, 2014 February 26, 2017 ~ Helen Fennell Photography. Buy 01: The Twins at St Clare's (St Clare's) by Blyton, Enid (ISBN: 9781444929997) from Amazon's Book Store. Boards are clean and bright with bumping and fading to spine ends. 5 out 5 68 reviews. Buy The Twins at St Clare's New edition by Blyton, Enid (ISBN: 9780416170429) from Amazon's Book Store. Furious at their parents' refusal to send them to the school of their choice, the twins are determined to be as difficult as possible at St. Clare's. School life has never been so splendid as in these editions of the classic series, St Clare's. Mary and Frances are being sent to the exclusive Ringmere School (sounds like a fungal infection), but Pat and Isobel are being sent to the sensible St Clare's. Character Development: They … However, their parents say it is a snobbish school and that they will certainly not have them coming home and turning up their noses at everything and everybody. Twins in Blyton are naturally inseparable, and Pat and Isobel O'Sullivan are no exception (see Antonia Forest's Kingscote series for a much more realistic account of twins at boarding school). An incident of petty theft follows, which shows potential for further development. They immediately like the head girl Winifred James, who is the pride of St. Clare's. Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after; Average rating. She goes too far though in stealing from one of the senior girls, Rita George, who says she will go to Miss Theobald and demand expulsion. 218 pages. [Enid Blyton] -- The twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan are dreading going to St. Clare's boarding school for girls. St Clare's is beneath them and they're determined to cause a stir. When spoiled twins Pat and Isabel O’Sullivan are sent to St Clare’s instead of the luxurious school of their choice, they are hurt and angry. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Blyton does try to address a few issues, such as the fact that teachers too can be vulnerable and suffer at the hands of thoughtless students. The Twins at St Clare's. Mam'zelle said to bring her the work after supper, she points out, she didn't say what time after supper... Good point, but to the twins' horror the headmistress Miss Theobald is in the room with Mam'zelle and tells the twins to report to her the next morning. But the old girls such as Janet quickly see through the twins' posing and nickname them 'the stuck-up twins'. Blyton has a similar plot line in Second Form at Malory Towers, but that was developed in far greater depth and detail. The twins strike back though with their battle with the French mistress, who is constantly going into Gallic-style rages at the twins' 'abominable' French. But I would have liked it more if there had been fewer proofreading errors. St. Clare's is a series of nine books written by English children's authors Enid Blyton and Pamela Cox about a boarding school of that name. So the twins arrive at St Clare's, sulky and determined to fail. In book seven, Eileen's mother is the new matron, and Mam'zelle's niece, Claudine, joins St Clare's and causes havoc wherever she goes. Miss Roberts arrives at her classroom determined to find out what goes on, unfortunately just after Janet has accidentally shaken all the remaining squibs onto the fire. They meet other first form girls with whom they share a dormitory, such as Hilary Wentworth, Doris Edwards, Janet Robins, Vera Johns and Sheila Naylor. The twins, however, become much more liked by their form when they insist on going with Janet to 'own up', as they say they were equally responsible. This is one of my favourite St Clare's books, because of the twins' brattishness at the start and because of the way the character of Kathleen is gradually drawn out, but it is pretty much the end of any personality for the twins (and we don't see much of Kathleen for the rest of the series either). ), [Update: I've checked my older edition and yep, it does say 'a button on a shoe'. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers View Our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide Furious at their parents' refusal to send them to the school of their choice, the twins are determined to b… Meanwhile the twins get to know the other girls in their form. 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