In a 1961 novel, which title character taught at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls?
"play ""Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life—A Melodrama in Five Acts and Eight Tableaux"" by W. E. Henley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The play opened at the Prince's Theatre in London on 2 July 1884, with Mr. E. J. Henley as Deacon William Brodie and Miss Minnie Bell as Jean. Mr. Henley reprised his performance at Montreal on 26 September 1887, this time with Miss Carrie Coote in the role of Jean Watt/Brodie. In the novel, Miss Jean Brodie is a school teacher at Marcia Blaine, a conservative girls' school in 1930s Edinburgh, Scotland. She is a charismatic spinster who"
"Marjorie Dean Marjorie Dean is the protagonist and eponymous character of series of books for girls, written by Josephine Chase under the pen name Pauline Lester. The fourteen books were published by A. L. Burt between 1917 and 1930. Chase wrote a number of series, including the ""Grace Harlowe"" series under the pseudonym Jessie Graham Flower. The series opens with Marjorie's family moving from B________ to Sanford at the beginning of her freshman year of high school. As a result, she is separated from her best friend, Mary, and enrolls at Sanford High School after the school year has already"
"for their activities and has them wash dishes until April as punishment. Miss Scrimmage The headmistress of the girls' school across the road. Very old-fashioned, she hires an assistant who goes on to take over the school as a more strict physical education facility. Miss Gloria Peabody An ex-marine from Fort Constitution (a marine training camp) who becomes Ms. Scrimmage's assistant. She enforces strenuous physical activities as punishments and has a very harsh personality. She enforces military-like activities like a march and war games. The name ""G. Gavin Gunhold"" makes an appearance in this book as a fictitious student used"
"76 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1930s Edinburgh, six ten-year-old girls, Sandy, Rose, Mary, Jenny, Monica, and Eunice are assigned Miss Jean Brodie, who describes herself as being ""in my prime,"" as their teacher. Miss Brodie, determined that they shall receive an education in the original sense of the Latin verb ""educere,"" ""to lead out,"" gives her students lessons about her personal love life and travels, promoting art history, classical studies, and fascism. Under her mentorship, these six girls whom Brodie singles out as the elite group among her students—known as"
"Jessie Graham Flower Jessie Graham Flower is apparently a pseudonym for American author Josephine Chase (died 1931) who was the author of the popular ""Grace Harlowe"" series of 27 books for girls, written between 1910 and 1924. The books fall into four separate series, including a high school series, college series, ""Overseas"" series, and ""Overland Riders"" series. Despite the popularity of these books and their continuing availability on the used market, there is almost no information available on-line about the author. The author was also known by other pseudonyms including Pauline Lester (Marjorie Dean Series), Ames Thompson, Capt, Gordon Bates,"
"School for Girls. On 1 October 1949, she married Edwin Charles Rundle. They had one daughter, Anne, and two sons, James and Iain. Anne Rundle died in 1989. She worked as civil servant on Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1942 to 1950. When she published her first novel in 1967, she won the Netta Muskett Award for new writers. She won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for her novels ""Cat on a Broomstick"" (1970) and ""Flower of Silence"" (1971). In 1974, she was named Daughter of Mark Twain. Novels Novels Novels Novels Novels Novels Anne"
"instructive themes, both series were ""enormously popular."" As in many other series books of the time, Marjorie Dean books often featured post-text advertisements. Some include: ""The Girl Comrade's Series, The Girl Chum's Series, The Camp Fire Girls Series, The Blue Grass Seminary Girls Series"", and the ""Mildred Series."" Other contemporary series published for school girls include: ""Betty Gordon, Grace Harlowe, The Outdoor Girls, The Moving Picture Girls, Jane Allen, Betty Wales, Ruth Fielding, The Girls of Central High, Friendly Terrace, Fairmount Girls, Helen Grant, Hadley Hall, Nancy Lee, Isabel Carleton, Molly Brown."" Marjorie Dean Marjorie Dean is the protagonist and"
"Grace Harlowe Grace Harlowe is the protagonist and eponym of four series of books for girls, published by Altemus between 1910 and 1924. At least some volumes were reprinted by Saalfield Publishing. The ""High School Girls Series, College Girls Series, Grace Harlowe Overseas Series"", and ""Grace Harlowe Overland Riders Series"" were written by Josephine Chase, under the pseudonym Jessie Graham Flower. The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around America. In ""The High School Girls Series"", Grace attends Oakdale High School with friends Anne Pierson, Nora"
"the school and the two Doctors eventually marry Madge and Joey respectively. Robin Humphries is also a main character, until she leaves the Chalet school to go to Oxford and later becomes a nun. The books then follow a variety of characters, including Daisy Venables, Bride Bettany and Gay Lambert, until Mary-Lou Trelawney comes to the school, and becomes the main character for several books. After she leaves school, in the later books, Joey's triplets become main characters. Throughout the series, various girls arrive at the school with personal problems, bad attitudes or behavioural issues. As a result of the"
"to help her sick mother, because she cannot control the class. The Twins at St. Clare's The Twins at St Clare's is a children's novel by Enid Blyton set in an English girls' boarding school. It is the first of the original six novels in the St. Clare's series of school stories. First published in 1941, it tells the story of twin sisters Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in their first term at a new school.They meet many new friends. The two girl twins, Patricia and Isabel O'Sullivan, having just finished school at the elite school called Redroofs, are expected to"
"socialite protagonist in Truman Capote's ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1958), which was made into a film starring Audrey Hepburn in 1961. The name of this character is stated to be short for ""Holiday"" (rather than a reference to the plant). The name peaked in popularity in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, and has declined since, ranking at #380 in the United States as of 2009. It was popularly given in England and Wales during the 2000s, staying in the top 30 girls' names throughout 1996–2012, with a peak at rank #12 in 2002 (and dropping to rank #33"
"19, 1959 – May 2, 1963). Benjie Bellamy (Joey Scott) and Chuckie Murdock (Rory Stevens) are both small boys and Cleaver neighbors who cause trouble. Beaver's notorious classmate Angela Valentine is an unseen character, mentioned a dozen times in the series but never shown on screen. Beaver had two female teachers in the earliest seasons. Miss Canfield (Diane Brewster, October 4, 1957 – March 21, 1958) is Beaver's kind and understanding second grade teacher at Grant Ave. Grammar School and appears in four first-season episodes. Beaver has a crush on her in one episode. Alice Landers (Sue Randall, October 16,"
"St. Clare's (series) 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. The series follows the heroines Patrica ""Pat"" and Isabel O'Sullivan from their first year at St. Clare's on. Other characters include Alison O'Sullivan (the twins' cousin), Hilary Wentworth, Carlotta Brown (an ex-circus girl), Janet Robins, Doris Elward, Kitty Flaherty (who brings her pet goat, McGinty, to the school), ""The Honourable"" Angela Favorleigh, Alma Prudence, ""Catty"" Elsie Fanshawe, Gladys, Mirabel Unwin, Anne-Marie, Claudine, Antoinette and Roberta ""Bobby"" Ellis, Winifred James (the head girl"
"exist, and four kids named Ray, Virginia, Nick, and Mark. She and her students supposedly do not exist either. There is also Miss Worm, the teacher of the honors class story who is annoyed by Mrs. Jewls's teaching methods. A few one-off characters include Mrs. Waloosh, the eccentric dance teacher at the school; Mrs. Franklin, a substitute from the second book that believed all the students were named Benjamin; Mrs. Day, the school secretary; and David, Mr. Kidswatter's chaffeur. A few more characters include Hobo Bob, a hobo who hates socks brought in by Sharie for show-and-tell; Xavier Dalton, a"
"of gardening, due to his and Elizabeth common interest in gardening, both of them become good friends. Michael was Joan's twin brother who died from an illness while Joan survived. As a result, Joan's parents ignored her until Elizabeth's actions instigated a meeting and Joan's mother told Joan the truth at Whyteleafe. The Naughtiest Girl in the School The Naughtiest Girl in the School is the first novel in The Naughtiest Girl series by Enid Blyton, published in 1940. It stars Elizabeth Allen, a spoiled girl who is sent to a boarding school called Whyteleafe School. Elizabeth Allen is a"
"1963 in New England, Odette ""Odie"" Sinclair is forcibly transferred by her parents to Miss Godard's Preparatory School for Girls after her parents find out that she has planned to have sex with her boyfriend, Dennis. Upon arrival to the school, which is run by the stern but kind headmistress Miss McVane, Odette is introduced to her roommates, the intelligent and charismatic Verena von Stefan and the promiscuous Tinka Parker. Verena and Tinka are the school's primary troublemakers; both mock an uptight hall monitor named Abigail ""Abby"" Sawyer, who has a penchant for tattletaling, and Verena regularly buys cigarettes from"
"when Pat and Isabel were in the first form), Tessie (the head girl of the second form), Margery Fenworthy (who got expelled from six schools but made a fresh start at St. Clare's), Lucy Oriell (who became Margery's friend), Erica (the troublemaker), Priscilla Parsons (the sixth former who was expelled) and Joan Terry (who got bullied by Priscilla). The teachers are: Miss Roberts (the first-form teacher), Miss Jenks (the second-form teacher), Miss Adams (the third-form teacher), Miss Kennedy (the substitute teacher who took over as history teacher for a term), Miss Lewis (the regular history teacher who was sick for"
"The Twins at St. Clare's The Twins at St Clare's is a children's novel by Enid Blyton set in an English girls' boarding school. It is the first of the original six novels in the St. Clare's series of school stories. First published in 1941, it tells the story of twin sisters Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in their first term at a new school.They meet many new friends. The two girl twins, Patricia and Isabel O'Sullivan, having just finished school at the elite school called Redroofs, are expected to move on to senior school. While most of their friends at"
"nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for ""Jean"", but lost to Burt Bacharach and Hal David's ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" from another 20th Century Fox film, ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"". ""Jean"" also became a huge hit for the singer Oliver in the autumn of 1969. Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a teacher in the junior-aged section of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1930s. Brodie is known for her tendency to stray from the hard knowledge of the school's curriculum, to romanticize fascist leaders like Benito Mussolini and Francisco"
"The novel incidentally comments on many aspects of life in the 1810s. One example is a shift in upper-class education and children's story-telling from fantasy to didacticism. She has the 14-year-old Christina Cleveland remark to the heroine, Adela, ""Well, then; you know fairy-tales are forbidden pleasures in all modern school-rooms. Mrs. Barbauld, and Mrs. Trimmer, and Miss Edgeworth, and a hundred others, have written good books for children, which have thrown poor Mother Goose, and the Arabian Nights, quite out of favour;—at least, with papas and mamas."" The black maid Amy, who accompanies the seven-year-old Adela to her foster parents,"
"the ""Brodie set""—begin to stand out from the rest of the school. However, in one of the novel's typical flash-forwards we learn that one of them will later betray Brodie, ruining her teaching career, but that she will never learn which one. In the Junior School, they meet the singing teacher, the short Mr Gordon Lowther, and the art master, the handsome, one-armed war veteran Mr Teddy Lloyd, a married Roman Catholic with six children. These two teachers form a love triangle with Miss Brodie, each loving her, while she loves only Mr Lloyd. However, Miss Brodie never overtly acts"
"Girls of Canby Hall The Girls of Canby Hall Series by Emily Chase, published by Scholastic (1984–1989), is a collection of young adult novels, based around the lives of a group of students at a New England boarding School. Emily Chase, the ""official author"" is not really one writer, are many authors who have alternated themselves to write books (one of most famous is the romantic author Julie Garwood). The story began with three teen-age girls coming to Canby Hall, a prestigious boarding school in Greenleaf, Massachusetts. Canby Hall was named after Julia Canby, the daughter of a Boston businessman"
"ex-girlfriend transfers to their school. She's Sabine and a mara, the living personification of a nightmare. And she's deathly determined to take Nash back. In the fifth book, Kaylee's borrowed lifeline is ticking away quickly, but she has a new problem. The hot new teacher is really an incubus, who feeds from the desire of unsuspecting students. The sixth book, expected publication: 2012 Covering up her own murder was one thing, but faking life is much harder than Kaylee Cavanaugh expected. After weeks spent “recovering,” she’s back in school, fighting to stay visible to the human world, struggling to fit"
"Claudine at St.Clare's Claudine at St. Clare's is the fifth novel in the ""St. Clare's"" series by Enid Blyton. The narrative follows the O'Sullivan twins, Patricia and Isabel, and their adventures at exclusive boarding school St Clare's. The book introduces four new characters: Claudine, the French mistress' niece; Eileen, whose mother joins the school as matron; Pauline, a wannabe rich girl; and Angela, a rich and spoiled society girl. When Pat and Isabel arrive at school, they are surprised to meet a new matron and her daughter, Eileen. Then, French teacher Mam'zelle introduces Claudine, her niece, who will be joining"
"from ""Little Women"" passes away. It has been adapted to a 1934 film, a 1940 film, a television series, and a . The book recounts six months in the life of the students at Plumfield, a school run by German Professor Friedrich and Mrs. Josephine Bhaer (née March). The idea of the school is first suggested at the very end of ""Little Women, Part Two"" when adult Jo inherited the estate from her late Aunt March. The story begins with the arrival of Nat Blake, a shy young orphan who used to earn a living playing the violin. We are"
"the 1954 French novel ""Bonjour Tristesse"" by Françoise Sagan. ""Chocolates for Breakfast"" went out of print in 1967, and was not reprinted in the United States until Harper Perennial re-released the novel in June 2013. This marks its first re-printing in North America in over forty-five years. The book opens with Courtney Farrell and her best friend Janet Parker at a New England boarding school, arguing over Courtney's attachment to her English teacher, Miss Rosen, whom Janet derides as ""queer."" Later the school pressures Miss Rosen to not talk to Courtney outside of class, and Courtney falls into a depression."
"not doing more to help Carrie and that she would rather commit suicide than ever teach again. She also implies in her resignation letter that she feels guilty for having laughed at Carrie like everyone else instead of helping her or comforting her. In the 1976 film version of the novel, Miss Desjardin is renamed Miss Collins, and is portrayed by Betty Buckley. Unlike the character in the book, Miss Collins does not first experience revulsion toward Carrie, as she is suggesting in the beginning that the students pass the ball to Carrie in their volleyball game. After the locker"
"who is leading a second grade class for the first time at Grant Avenue Grammar School when the show debuts in 1957. She has a good relationship with her students and her colleague, Mrs. Rayburn. In the premiere episode, Miss Canfield sends a note home with Beaver, who believes he is going to be expelled. Beaver is relieved when he discovers that the note contains only a request to have him play Smokey Bear in a school pageant. In another episode, Beaver develops a crush on Miss Canfield, and, at the urging of his classmates, puts a spring snake in"
"and repeat the vow every Christmas and birthday. Theo tells Sylvia to let the girls train at The Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training, a stage school. Sylvia and Nana refuse, but after talking with Theo, Dr. Smith, and Dr. Jakes Sylvia reluctantly agrees to let the girls get trained to earn a living. Meanwhile, Dr. Smith and Dr. Jakes start to teach Pauline, Petrova, and Posy. The girls become very busy. Soon Pauline is old enough to act on stage and audition for the role of Alice in ""Alice in Wonderland"". She loans Gum's necklaces to Mr. Simpson"
"appears to be out of place in her surroundings. In 1930, she declares that her prime has begun and sets out to make sure her class gets the full benefit of her Prime by making sure they are aware of drama, art and fascist beliefs. Out of her class she selects her favourite girls and attempts to mould them into the ""crème de la crème."" In the novel, these are Sandy, Monica, Jenny, Eunice, Rose, and Mary MacGregor. There is also a tomboy, Joyce Emily, who attempts to force her way into the Brodie set, but she is summarily dismissed"
"television series do not portray the same stories as the books with the possible exception of the first episode which loosely resembled the story where the girls try and set up their 'Brown Owl' with their school care-taker. The girls' names are Francesca ""Frankie"" Thomas, Rosie Cartwright, Felicity ""Fliss"" Sidebotham (Later ""Proudlove""), Lyndsey ""Lyndz"" Collins and Laura ""Kenny"" McKenzie. Their rivals are two, snobbish girls in their class named Emma Hughes (nicknamed ""The Queen"") and Emily Berryman (nicknamed ""The Goblin""). This pair are also referred to as the Gruesome Twosome or ""The M&Ms."" There are 54 books: The Sleepover Club"
"protagonist, Johnny Briggs, misses school for two days in order to have more time to build his Guy Fawkes, he is forced to spend every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon at his teacher's house. There, his teacher, Mr. Tuttle, tutors him on classic literature, mainly the ""Iliad"". They both draw direct parallels between the events of World War I and the events of Homer's novel. It is during the beginning of the book that he is bullied, but when saved by Sarah is entirely ungrateful and says ""a girl for a friend is like no friend at all."" This is why"
"teacher Sister Clarissa, and Portia Nelson (who had played a nun in ""The Sound of Music"" the previous year) as art teacher Sister Elizabeth. A sequel, ""Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows"", starring Stella Stevens, was released in 1968. The movie is set at St. Francis Academy, a fictional all-girls Catholic boarding school in Pennsylvania, operated by an order of nuns. Rosalind Russell plays the Mother Superior, who spends the movie at odds with Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills), a rebellious teenager, and her friend Rachel Devery (June Harding). The episodic story line follows the young women through their sophomore, junior and"