Title: The School by the River

Author: Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

Publisher: Bettany Press

Date: 1999

Pages: 239

Format: Paperback

Description

Out of print for more than half a century, The School by the River is Elinor M. Brent-Dyer’s most sought after book.  Set in a ‘Ruritanian’ kingdom and loosely connected to the Chalet School series, this full-length novel concerns the fortunes of a gifted young English girl, Jennifer Craddock, and her friends, students at the music college in the Balkan kingdom of Mirania.

First published in 1930, when Elinor M. Brent-Dyer was at the height of her creative powers, and imbued with her characteristic spirit of the place and lively characters, The School by the River is far more than just another boarding school story.  This new edition has an introduction by Helen McClelland.