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What makes a girl belong when inheritance and identity become part of her school story?
In The Princess of the School, Angela Brazil brings inheritance and identity into a classic girls' school story. Its subtitle introduces a girl who captures every heart. Around those themes lies the small world of school, where a girl's place matters deeply and rules, rivalries and loyalties shape daily life.
Friendship lies at the heart of Brazil's school fiction. Girls form close pairs and small circles; they quarrel, make up and defend each other. Courage, good temper and a readiness to help count for more than marks or prizes. The pleasure comes from watching character take shape through everyday school life.
What you’ll discover
- Inheritance and identity Explore a school story whose subtitle places inheritance, identity and a much-loved girl at its centre.
- Friendships that matter Follow the close bonds, quarrels and reconciliations at the heart of Brazil's school stories.
- Character beyond the classroom Consider a world where courage and kindness carry more weight than marks and prizes.
- A bright, chatty voice Enjoy lively talk and schoolgirl slang that bring the period's fiction close.
- Gentle everyday pleasures Settle into cheerful descriptions of rooms, gardens and weather, with time to notice small details.
Who will love it
For readers who love cosy school stories, secret friendships, rivalries and loyalties, and anyone curious about girls' fiction of the early twentieth century.
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- Brazil writes about school as a whole world
- Friendship and loyalty matter most
- Character counts more than cleverness
- A cheerful voice and a light touch
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La princesa de la escuela
by Angela Brazil · 1920
In a school alive with rivalries and secret friendships, a girl's character shapes her place in other people's hearts.
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The Princess of the School is a girls' school story by Angela Brazil, the English writer who made the boarding school tale her own in the early twentieth century. Her books were written for young readers.
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Brazil writes about school as a whole world
Angela Brazil set most of her stories inside girls' schools, and she treated them as complete little societies. There are teachers to please or dodge, prefects to admire, and rivals to outwit. Every corridor and common room has its own customs.
For the girls in these books, school is not a pause before real life. It is real life, with its own honour, its own disgrace and its own heroes. A new term, a dormitory feast or a hockey match can carry as much weight as a great adventure.
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What is The Princess of the School about?
It is a girls' school story by Angela Brazil. Like her other books, it centres on life in a school, with its friendships, rivalries and loyalties, and on what makes one girl admired by those around her.
Who wrote The Princess of the School?
Angela Brazil wrote it. She was an English author who died in 1947 and became best known for lively boarding school stories written for girls in the early twentieth century.
Is The Princess of the School a true story?
No, it is fiction. Brazil invented her schools and characters, though she drew on the real customs of girls' schools of her day, such as dormitories, prefects, sports and societies.
The author
Angela Brazil
1868–1947 · English children's writer
Angela Brazil (1868–1947) was an English children’s writer born in Preston, Lancashire. She wrote mainly stories about girls at boarding schools. Her books began appearing in 1904 and included The Nicest Girl in the School and The Youngest Girl in the Fifth. She lived in Coventry from 1911 until her death.
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