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Chalet School - plot inconsistency bothering me

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:19

I don't know why I suddenly thought of this but perhaps my first 3 consecutive glasses of postnatal wine have brought out my inner dullness.

There is a Chalet School book (Exploits?) where some of the girls bake apple pies and mistakenly use cloves of garlic instead of cloves.

Not believable and silly.

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NorthernLurker · 27/10/2008 20:21

In the first book isn't she bought back from the brink of death by Madge having her hair washed?

And in the Chalet School in exile isn't it giving up breastfeeding triplets that revives her? (naughty EBD!)

Habbibu · 27/10/2008 20:20

Wasn't there a dodgy bit where they copied the KuKluxKlan? Not for racist purposes, I think, but all the same...

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VintageGardenia · 27/10/2008 20:20

lol @ earphones

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constancereader · 27/10/2008 20:18

I think the silliest thing in the Chalet School plots was the way in which Joey gets brought back from the brink of death by Robin singing her a song. Even as a child I thought that was bollocks

charitygirl · 27/10/2008 20:18

oh when i don't have a squirming newborn on lap i shall post long on the irritatingness of joey bettany. so bloody perfect!

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VintageGardenia · 27/10/2008 20:18

LOL yes Jo was always Delicate wasn't she? Luckily she married a doctor (didn't they all?) and turned out to be robust enough to have several multiple births.

It was through the Chalet School that I first learned anything about the Nazis (pronounced nayz-eyes). In the Chalet School in Exile Bill's (Miss Wilson's) hair turns white between entering and exiting a secret tunnel... can this really happen?

Re. Caroline - see Castanets at the Wells, she goes to study ballet, it's not for her, she discovers Character and ends up becoming a Spanish dancer and marrying a Spanish dish.

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Majorca · 27/10/2008 20:17

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NorthernLurker · 27/10/2008 20:16

You know what is really sickening?

All those kids and she's still youthful, thin and with the time to put her hair up in 'earphones'!

RubyRioja · 27/10/2008 20:15

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charitygirl · 27/10/2008 20:14

caroline becomes a famous flamenco dancer!

mankyscotslass · 27/10/2008 20:13

And at the end she was talking about more...

NorthernLurker · 27/10/2008 20:12

She didn't just have triplets! She also had two sets of twins and four other children - 11 altogether plus 5 kids of varous ages they adopted. Angelina Jolie's got a long way to go yet.....

crumpet · 27/10/2008 20:12

God she had about 14 children by the end

differentWitch · 27/10/2008 20:12

pmsl.

mankyscotslass · 27/10/2008 20:12

Not just triplets, but 2 sets of twins too! plus the singletons.

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crumpet · 27/10/2008 20:06

But the silly plot thing that was never quite right for me was that the girls all dyed themselves with tea for the end of term fancy dress - must have been stronger stuff than pg tips which didn't work when I tried

cuttingmeownthroatdibblaaaargh · 27/10/2008 20:04

He becomes a composer/conductor - I think he stays the same.

Jonathon and Stella are in Veronica at the Wells, although they are mentioned in "Dream" - the oil painting that she sells at the Wayside stall is Jonathons.

We see Fiona and Caroline occasionally through the books - Fiona marries some awful bloke and has a couple of children, and I've forgotten Carolines full path (must go and read some more)

Majorca · 27/10/2008 19:56

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Yorky · 27/10/2008 09:12

If EMBD can't keep the spellings of characters names consistent, why should the plots be believable, they were still an entertaining read! Abbey girls much better if you want impossible activities to do in a skirt!

cuttingmeownthroatdibblaaaargh · 27/10/2008 08:53

This is Folly - they go across all authors, and its not uber detailed studies which is nice. All the main authors have their own societies, but I find it can be a bit much.

yes, Veronica marries Sebastian and they have a little girl, Vicki. She trains as a dancer, but stops when she realises that she'll never be great, and goes onto study art, and gets engaged to Jonathon Rosenblum (and Stellas) son who is also an artist. I don't think we hear any further than that, although it might be in one of the ones that I haven't summoned up the cash to buy yet, or Girls Gone By publishing haven't reprinted.

nymphadora · 26/10/2008 22:00

Also worth a look is Girls Gone by Publishing for reprints of the Chalet school & various other books

Majorca · 26/10/2008 21:45

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