Title: A Fourth Form Friendship
Author: Angela Brazil
Publisher: Girls Gone By
Date: 2006
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Description
A Fourth Form Friendship was first published in 1912, and features Birkwood Grange, run by the progessively minded Miss Drummond, and one of these "up-to-date" schools: "If there's any jolly thing that it's possible to do Miss Drummond thinks of it."
One of Angela Brazil's strengths is her depictions of schoolgirl relationships. A Fourth Form Friendship is a compelling and carefully constructed story of a strong and demanding friendship.
Aldred Laurence is an attractive "ordinary" fourteen-year-old girl who becomes a new girl at Birkwood Grange and makes friends with Mabel Farrington. Mabel has a great following at Birkwood Grange, partly because of her appealing personality, and partly because of her impeccable family connections .
The introductory pieces include articles by Mary Cadogan and Sally Dore. All of the original colour illustrations are included, and the publishing history features the later styles used.
