I need a Chalet School fix

[Dilbertian]

Please help:

Where can I download a Chalet School book? I'm astonished that I cannot find any as ebook.

(When you're under the weather, nothing quite hits the spot like a bit of EBD escapism.)

[FelicityBeedle]

Oh I think I’ve read that tropes one before, very funny! Didn’t she technically adopt the Richardson children and another set too?

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

Imagine the inheritance arguments.

AIBU to be very hurt by this? My father was killed in a space-related accident and my brothers and I were left to fend for ourselves in a hut. A very kind family who were on holiday nearby took us in and we were told we were now adopted members of the family. They are very comfortably off. My adoptive parents are now dead and it turns out our adoption was never legally approved, so our so called 'siblings' are saying we are not included in the will...

[FelicityBeedle]

Maybe they can share Margot’s portion between them, mums don’t inherit do they?

[FelicityBeedle]

Oops nuns!

[helpadvicewhateverneeded]

Someone on here has a Dropbox account they can share which has (whispers) every book in!!!

[Howyoualldoworkme]

Loads of good free stuff on here including masses of Abbey books that I became slightly addicted to They seem to breed even more than the Chalet School and are all called Jan or Joy or Rose!
You do need a kindle though.
www.fadedpage.com/

[FelicityBeedle]

@helpadvicewhateverneeded
Yes they do! I wonder who that could be strokes chin thoughtfully and stares in mirror

[Howyoualldoworkme]

And for a brilliant dissection of all of The Abbey Books (which are quite quite mad!) this is excellent
allisonthompson.blog/

[Howyoualldoworkme]

FelicityBeedle Please thank that person, they helped get me through lockdown

[Onlyhereforchaletschool]

@FelicityBeedle that information has made me join mumsnet.

[FelicityBeedle]

@Howyoualldoworkme
That was probably @parker231 at that time

[helpadvicewhateverneeded]

Sorry @FelicityBeedle! You have saved me from sone really dark moments with it over the last year or so so thank you!!!!

[DuneFan]

Ooh thanks for the faded page link. I could never get into the Abbey books because there were too many and the library didn't have them. Will have to dust off my e reader!

[StrychnineInTheSandwiches]

[quote SomethingNastyInTheBallPool]@StrychnineInTheSandwiches Thank you for the Beswitched recommendation! I downloaded it from the library and inhaled it in a couple of hours. Really, really good.[/quote]
Ah, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I thought it was a delight. And I found the end surprisingly moving, which I wasn't expecting.

[DameAlyson]

You do need a kindle though.
www.fadedpage.com/

You don't need a Kindle for fadedpage. There are text and html versions of the books which can be read on any device.

There are a few Chalet School books there too. 'Camp' was just posted the other day.

[Howyoualldoworkme]

DameAlyson Apologies, I tend to use Kindle as a generic

[Dilbertian]

I have just had a massive downloading session. Thanks so much to the posters who sent or posted links

Nothing beats holding a book, or running your finger across the shelf to choose a book, but having a massive supply of escapism in a kindle is a very good second best!

Though a kindle does have one huge advantage when reading in bed: I cannot read lying down with my varifocals on, but I can whack the magnification up on a kindle, which allows me to read without my glasses at all. Bliss.

[FelicityBeedle]

I think I’m going to start on the Ebooks again, I only found out about them through the MN threads and am so glad I did

[BamboozledandBefuddled]

[quote Howyoualldoworkme]Loads of good free stuff on here including masses of Abbey books that I became slightly addicted to They seem to breed even more than the Chalet School and are all called Jan or Joy or Rose!
You do need a kindle though.
www.fadedpage.com/[/quote]
Thank you I loved the few Abbey books I've read! That's my Christmas reading taken care of

[EmpressaurusWitchDoesntBurn]

I’m loving fadedpage.com, thank you @Howyoualldoworkme!

[lovehatesummer]

I've just read Chaz Brenchley's Three Twins at the Crater School - it's a hugely enjoyable send up of the Chalet School if transplanted to Mars! You can tell the author knows and loves the CS books, it's so spot on.

Am off to read Beswitched now, sounds right up my alley!

[Parker231]

Apologies just seen this thread. I’ve the Dropbox with all the books which you can load to your Kindle. If you pm me your email address I’ll send the link to all the books.

[FelicityBeedle]

@Parker231 I’ve been doing your job I think, hope you don’t mind!

Which is the most Christmassy one to read today do we think?

[Howyoualldoworkme]

FelicityBeedle How about the one where they go to the Mensches for Christmas? And Frau Mensch is shocked that Jo doesn't own any pinafores?

[FelicityBeedle]

That’s what I went for in the end! I think we should go back to children in pinafores and little boys in shorts and long socks. Very practical!