Elsie Jeanette Oxenham (1880–1960)
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Tickles; or, The School That Was Different 11 Exemplare
New Girls at Wood End 8 Exemplare
Deb at School 7 Exemplare
The Call of the Abbey School 4 Exemplare
Ribbie's Book, 'Give my love to the stars' 2 Exemplare
Rosamund's Castle 2 Exemplare
Adventure in the Abbey 2 Exemplare
Little Folks ,Vol 101 1 Exemplar
Little Folks, Diamond Jubilee Issue 1 Exemplar
The Abbey Compendium 1 Exemplar
Little Folks, Nov-Apl, 1920 -1921 1 Exemplar
Hulton's Girls' Stories, 1923 1 Exemplar
6 Volumes: 1. The Abbey Girls On Trial, 2. Schooldays At The Abbey, 3. The Abbey Girls Play Up, 4.Schoolgirl Jen Of The… (1949) 1 Exemplar
The Queen of the Abbey 1 Exemplar
Jen of the Abbey School 1 Exemplar
The Abbey Girls In Town 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Dunkerley, Elsie Jeanette
- Andere Namen
- Oxenham, E.J.
- Geburtstag
- 1880-11-25
- Todestag
- 1960-01-09
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Ealing, West London, England, UK
Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK (Farncombe Road)
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK - Berufe
- writer
author
novelist
girls' school story author
camp fire guardian - Beziehungen
- Oxenham, John (father)
Oxenham, Erica
Dunkerley, Roderic (brother)
Godfrey, Monica (biographer) - Organisationen
- Camp Fire
- Kurzbiographie
- Born in Southport, Lancashire, in 1880 her real name was Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley. Elsie's first book was called Goblin Island. She wrote 87 books and a number of short stories for girls. Elsie passed away in a Worthing nursing home, in January 1960.
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It's a very cosy story, and the dialogue among the girls was occasionally witty and amusing. There is a lot of emphasis on sensible and practical behavior (as opposed to excessive, unhealthy daydreaming), on finding realization through helping others, being useful and fulfilling your duties, on the need to grow up and mature instead of becoming stagnated as girls...
With a "slice of life" style, it could be slow and uneventful for some readers, but it has its own charm, and it provides a fascinating glimpse of a past time.… (mehr)