This page details information about the works of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer:
Synopses for EBD's books
A handy guide to paperback cuts
A complete bibliography
First edition dates for CS hardback and paperbacks
Year |
Title |
1922 |
GERRY GOES TO SCHOOL (LR 1) |
1923 |
A HEAD GIRL'S DIFFICULTIES (LR 2) |
1924 |
THE MAIDS OF LA ROCHELLE (LR 3) |
1925 |
THE SCHOOL AT THE CHALET (CS 1) |
1926 |
JO OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 2) |
1927 |
THE PRINCESS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 3) |
SEVEN SCAMPS (LR 4) |
|
A THRILLING TERM AT JANEWAYS |
|
1928 |
THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 4) |
THE NEW HOUSEMISTRESS |
|
JUDY THE GUIDE |
|
1929 |
THE RIVALS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 5) |
HEATHER LEAVES SCHOOL (LR 5) |
|
1930 |
THE SCHOOL BY THE RIVER |
EUSTACIA GOES TO THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 6) |
|
1931 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND JO (CS 7) |
THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE |
|
1932 |
THE LITTLE MARIE-JOSE |
JANIE OF LA ROCHELLE (LR 6) |
|
THE CHALET GIRLS IN CAMP (CS 8) |
|
1933 |
THE EXPLOITS OF THE CHALET GIRLS (CS 9) |
1934 |
CARNATION OF THE UPPER FOURTH |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE LINTONS (CS 10) |
|
1935 |
ELIZABETH THE GALLANT |
THE NEW HOUSE AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 11) |
|
1936 |
JO RETURNS TO THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 12) |
MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS |
|
1937 |
CAROLINE THE SECOND |
1938 |
THEY BOTH LIKED DOGS |
THE NEW CHALET SCHOOL (CS 13) |
|
1940 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN EXILE (CS 14) |
1941 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL GOES TO IT (CS 15) |
1942 |
THE HIGHLAND TWINS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 16) |
THE LITTLE MISSUS |
|
1943 |
LAVENDER LAUGHS IN THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 17) |
1944 |
GAY FROM CHINA AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 18) |
1945 |
JO TO THE RESCUE (CS 19) |
1946 |
THE LOST STAIRCASE |
1947 |
FIRST CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS (includes TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL) |
LORNA AT WYNYARDS |
|
1948 |
STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA |
SECOND CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS |
|
1949 |
THIRD CHALET BOOK FOR GIRLS |
THREE GO TO THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 20) |
|
1950 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE ISLAND (CS 21) |
PEGGY OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 22) |
|
FARDINGALES |
|
1951 |
CAROLA STORMS THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 23) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND ROSALIE (a paperback - not part of the series at this time) |
|
SCHOOLGIRLS ABROAD: a series of geography readers |
|
1952 |
THE WRONG CHALET SCHOOL (CS 24) |
SHOCKS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 25) |
|
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN THE OBERLAND (CS 26) |
|
1953 |
THE CHALET SCHOOL COOK BOOK |
BRIDE LEADS THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 27) |
|
CHANGES FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 28) |
|
JANIE STEPS IN (LR 7) |
|
THE 'SUSANNAH' ADVENTURE |
|
1954 |
CHUDLEIGH HOLD (ChH 1) |
CONDOR GRAGS ADVENTURE (ChH 2) |
|
NESTA STEPS OUT |
|
KENNELMAID NAN |
|
JOEY GOES TO THE OBERLAND (CS 29) |
|
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA (CS 30) |
|
1955 |
TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 31*) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL DOES IT AGAIN (CS 32) |
|
A CHALET GIRL FROM KENYA (CS 33) |
|
TOP SECRET (ChH 3) |
|
BEECHY OF THE HARBOUR SCHOOL |
|
1956 |
LEADER IN SPITE OF HERSELF |
MARY-LOU OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 34) |
|
A GENIUS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 35) |
|
A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 36) |
|
1957 |
THE NEW MISTRESS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 37) |
EXCITEMENTS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 38) |
|
1958 |
THE COMING OF AGE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 39) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND RICHENDA (CS 40) |
|
Re-issue of CARNATION OF THE UPPER FOURTH – abridged version |
|
1959 |
TRIALS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 41) |
THEODORA AND THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 42) |
|
1960 |
JOEY AND CO IN TIROL (CS 43) |
RUEY RICHARDSON, CHALETIAN (CS 44) |
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1961 |
A LEADER IN THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 45) |
THE CHALET SCHOOL WINS THE TRICK (CS 46) |
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1962 |
A FUTURE CHALET SCHOOL GIRL (CS 47) |
THE FEUD IN THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 48) |
|
THE SCHOOL AT SKELTON HALL |
|
1963 |
TROUBLE AT SKELTON HALL |
THE CHALET SCHOOL TRIPLETS (CS 49) |
|
THE CHALET SCHOOL REUNION (CS 50) |
|
1964 |
JANE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 51) |
REDHEADS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 52) |
|
1965 |
ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 53) |
SUMMER TERM AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 54) |
|
1966 |
CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 55) |
1967 |
TWO SAMS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 56) |
1969 |
ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 57) |
1970 |
PREFECTS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL (CS 58) |
1996 |
JEAN OF STORMS (first published weekly as a serial in the South Shields Gazette in the 1930s) |
LR indicates La Rochelle Series
CS indicates Chalet School Series
ChH indicates Chudleigh Hold Series
Have you wanted to know when the Chalet School books were originally published, either in hardback or paperback?
Here is a list of the original year of publication by W & R Chambers (for the hardback titles) and by Armada/HarperCollins (for the paperback titles). Girls Gone By Publishers have reissued many titles in the series. Please visit www.ggbp.co.uk for details of the original publication dates for those editions.
Chalet School Hardbacks: First Edition dates
THE SCHOOL AT THE CHALET 1925
JO OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1926
THE PRINCESS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1927
THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1928
THE RIVALS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1929
EUSTACIA GOES TO THE CHALET SCHOOL 1930
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND JO 1931
THE CHALET GIRLS IN CAMP 1932
THE EXPLOITS OF THE CHALET GIRLS 1933
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE LINTONS 1934
THE NEW HOUSE AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1935
JO RETURNS TO THE CHALET SCHOOL 1936
THE NEW CHALET SCHOOL 1938
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN EXILE 1940
THE CHALET SCHOOL GOES TO IT 1941
HIGHLAND TWINS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1942
LAVENDER LAUGHS IN THE CHALET SCHOOL 1943
GAY FROM CHINA AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1944
JO TO THE RESCUE 1945
TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL 1955 (in book form;
previously in first two Chalet Annuals, 1947 and 1948)
THREE GO TO THE CHALET SCHOOL 1949
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE ISLAND 1950
PEGGY OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1950
CAROLA STORMS THE CHALET SCHOOL 1951
THE WRONG CHALET SCHOOL 1952
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN THE OBERLAND 1952
SHOCKS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1952
BRIDE LEADS THE CHALET SCHOOL 1953
CHANGES FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1953
JOEY GOES TO THE OBERLAND 1954
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA 1954
THE CHALET SCHOOL DOES IT AGAIN 1955
A CHALET GIRL FROM KENYA 1955
MARY-LOU OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1956
A GENIUS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1956
A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1956
THE NEW MISTRESS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1957
EXCITEMENTS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1957
THE COMING-OF-AGE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1958
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND RICHENDA 1958
TRIALS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1958
THEODORA AND THE CHALET SCHOOL 1959
JOEY & CO. IN TYROL 1960
RUEY RICHARDSON - CHALETIAN 1960
A LEADER IN THE CHALET SCHOOL 1961
THE CHALET SCHOOL WINS THE TRICK 1961
A FUTURE CHALET SCHOOL GIRL 1962
THE FEUD IN THE CHALET SCHOOL 1962
THE CHALET SCHOOL TRIPLETS 1963
THE CHALET SCHOOL REUNION 1963
JANE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1964
REDHEADS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1964
ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL 1965
SUMMER TERM AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1965
CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1966
TWO SAMS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1967
ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL 1969
PREFECTS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1970
Chalet School Paperbacks: First Edition dates
THE SCHOOL AT THE CHALET 1967
JO OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1967
THE PRINCESS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1968
THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1970
THE RIVALS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1968
EUSTACIA GOES TO THE CHALET SCHOOL 1969
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND JO 1970
THE CHALET GIRLS IN CAMP 1969
THE EXPLOITS OF THE CHALET GIRLS 1972
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE LINTONS 1973
A REBEL AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1974
THE NEW HOUSE AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1980
JO RETURNS TO THE CHALET SCHOOL 1970
THE NEW CHALET SCHOOL 1975
A UNITED CHALET SCHOOL 1988
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN EXILE 1967
THE CHALET SCHOOL AT WAR 1988
HIGHLAND TWINS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1988
LAVENDER LEIGH AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1988
GAY LAMBERT AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1989
JO TO THE RESCUE 1994
TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL 1987
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND ROSALIE 1987
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND ROSALIE and
A MYSTERY AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1994
THREE GO TO THE CHALET SCHOOL 1979
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE ISLAND 1967
PEGGY OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1967
CAROLA STORMS THE CHALET SCHOOL 1968
THE WRONG CHALET SCHOOL 1970
THE CHALET SCHOOL IN THE OBERLAND 1989
SHOCKS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1971
BRIDE LEADS THE CHALET SCHOOL 1989
CHANGES FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1989
JOEY GOES TO THE OBERLAND 1995
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA 1967
THE CHALET SCHOOL DOES IT AGAIN 1990
A CHALET GIRL FROM KENYA 1990
MARY-LOU OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1968
A GENIUS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1969
CHALET SCHOOL FETE 1971
A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1972
THE NEW MISTRESS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1969
EXCITEMENTS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1981
THE COMING-OF-AGE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1982
THE CHALET SCHOOL AND RICHENDA 1982
TRIALS FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1983
THEODORA AND THE CHALET SCHOOL 1984
JOEY & CO. IN TYROL 1994
RUEY RICHARDSON AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1984
A LEADER IN THE CHALET SCHOOL 1985
THE CHALET SCHOOL WINS THE TRICK 1985
A FUTURE CHALET SCHOOL GIRL 1995
THE FEUD IN THE CHALET SCHOOL 1986
THE CHALET SCHOOL TRIPLETS 1986
THE CHALET SCHOOL REUNION 1994
JANE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1990
REDHEADS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1990
ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL 1991
SUMMER TERM AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1992
CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL 1991
TWO SAMS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL 1993
ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL 1993
PREFECTS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL 1994