The St. Clare's Story Collection

St. Clare's #1-6

by Enid Blyton

- The Twins at St. Clare's
- The O'Sullivan Twins
- Summer Term at St. Clare's
- The Second Form at St. Clare's
- Claudine at St. Clare's
- Fifth Formers at St. Clare's

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Classics, Boarding School, Middle Grade, Young Adult, School Stories

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

See also:
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)

Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.

Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.

Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.

According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.

See also her pen name Mary Pollock

Reviews

[Deisy · Rating 5 out of 5]

the books that build my personality, the books i grew up with.. I love Enid Blyton's stories soooooo much!

[Jessica Cleghorn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just coming across this on goodreads has made me nostalgic : I can already smell the old pages of these books passed onto me by my family, remember lying in bed on a sick day powering through one of them (I don't recall the feeling of being ill so much anymore),listening to a cassette tape of another time and time again,the imagination and dreams this sparked... One of those books that really connected with me as a child and made me dream of going to boarding school and having my own adventures. ♥

[joan☆]

i read this through out my elementary school days. i remember how much i enjoyed reading these back then

[Anabel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un libro precioso lleno de enseñanzas muy profundas y de la búsqueda de uno mismo y el valor de la amistad. Tiene algunas cositas pero se entiende por el contexto en el que se encuentra situado la historia. Bellísimo.

[Unpocodecanela Bárbara Solórzano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hay que leerlo. Marcó mi adolescencia. Que pena que no haya vida suficiente para leer y releer libros.

[Jesica Susana Maritza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pat dan Isabel, duo kembar yang hidupnya penuh petualangan. Sangat menyukai buku ini dan kehidupan asrama mereka :)

[silvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eran mis favoritisimos cuando era pequeña 💘

[Cecilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its sad that there are only 6 books.In the german language there are more than six books.I wish there would be new books from this collection.

[Shalma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dare I say this is the best serial from Enid Blyton

[irati🌙 · Rating 5 out of 5]

todavia me acuerdo como me encantaba leer este libro cuando estaba en primaria, era largo y tarde mucho en leerlo pero me encanto

[El Templo]

"Entre 1941 y 1945, Enid Blyton publicó los seis libros pertenecientes a la serie Santa Clara, que relataban las vivencias de un grupo de chicas en un internado inglés. Poco después, entre el 46 y el 51, escribiría su otra gran obra "de internados": Torres de Malory. Y aunque esta última es más redonda y más conocida, podemos encontrar ya en Santa Clara muchos de los aspectos que hicieron de Torres de Malory una serie tan querida por lectores de varias generaciones. Hasta hace poco era difícil encontrar en las librerías todos los tomos que componen Santa Clara. Además, algunos de los títulos no esclarecían el orden de lectura (Las mellizas cambian de colegio, Las mellizas O"Sullivan, Claudina en Santa Clara...), cosa que sí sucedía con los de Torres de Malory (numerados como Primer curso en Torres de Malory, Segundo curso en Torres de Malory, etc). Pero, al igual que hiciera con esta serie el año pasado, la editorial Molino ha decidido publicar todo Santa Clara en un solo volumen (muy extenso, obviamente, porque contiene los seis libros), que ya está disponible en las librerías para nostálgicos, coleccionistas y, por supuesto, para las nuevas generaciones que quieran acercarse a esta obra que ya es un clásico de la literatura juvenil. ---> Sigue leyendo la reseña en http://www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com"

[Renske · Rating 3 out of 5]

Het werd me al snel duidelijk dat dit boek wel heel erg lijkt op Pitty naar de kostschool. Schudt het ene verhaal door elkaar en je hebt ongeveer het andere boek. Zomaar wat figuren die in beide boeken voor komen: een meisje dat door problemen thuis onaardig tegen haar klasgenootjes is, een meisje dat liegt dat ze uit een rijke familie komt, een Frans nichtje van de docente Frans en veel meer.
Maar ik vind Pitty toch aansprekender dan de dolle tweeling, dat ligt onder andere aan de vertaling, het taalgebruik in Pitty past beter bij de tijd waar het in af speelt.

[Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Staying at my other Nan's I came across this collection owned by my Auntie. I remember sitting on the swing in my Nan's garden reading St Clare's and becoming nervous of the prospect of going to high school with the older girls stealing potted ham and jolly cakes from my tuck box.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed these stories as a child and remember my mum reading them to me as well as reading them myself. While being dated I still enjoyed them. I think I liked the first few books more than the later ones, but it was still fun to escape into another life of a fun, boarding school.

[Endomarselina · Rating 5 out of 5]

meskipun kategori buku anak-anak dan ngebacanya pas kuliah tapi ceritast. claire the series ini ga ngebosenin ataupun terlalu kekanakan. ceritanya ringan, dan seolah olah membawa kita ke dunia sekolah asrama inggris.

[azadeh yaghubpur]

fun + patience in dealing with everything

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved every book in the set

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved these books - made me want to go to boarding school - all jolly hockeysticks and all that

[Daphne Chan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can't remember how many times I reread the series when I was a kid

[Upasana Saraf · Rating 5 out of 5]

The wonderful adventures and lessons of the twins Pat and Isabel at their boarding school! Don't miss any of it.. Claudine at St. Clare's is still my favorite!

[Car Lar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book when i was a kid i wanted to go to st clare's so bad...

[Zainab · Rating 5 out of 5]

no matter how old you get , I dont think u can NEVER be too old for st clairs and mallory towers . thanks for all the fun enid blyton .

[LOL_BOOKS]

WHAT OTHER OLD SCHOOL GIRLS' BOOKS AUTHORS ARE WORTH READING?

IL ENID BLYTON!

ENID BLYTON'S GIRLS' SCHOOL STORIES, LIKE MALORY TOWERS AND ST CLARE. THEY'RE GRATE TIME CAPSULES.

[Mariana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally the books I grew up with. So many memories..

[Aquí mandan los libros · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recordad: los libros que os hicieron felices cuando erais pequeños, os pueden seguir haciendo felices ahora.

[Rimzeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved all of them