I suppose it is partly the sheer volume of incidents in the Chalet School which makes me think of it as rather sillier - and no-one's run away from Jane's yet, which cuts down on being trapped on cliffs or in trees and tiring yourself out on Austrian mountains.
And I repudiate the suggestion that "is sucked into bridge by hustlers, accused of cheating, leaves home only to suffer mental illness in the Blitz" is anywhere NEAR as far-fetched as "rescued by nun from almost certain life as prostitute after father dies, is taken to a school in an entirely different country where it is discovered that nun is in fact long-lost cousin and you are each other's only living relative".
(I am cross and slightly ashamed of myself! I picked up the next Dimsie on my shelf to read on the bus, and when I started it I found that I had Dimsie Intervenes instead of Among the Prefects, which means that for the past at least year there has been MIS-SHELVING in my room.)
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Date: 2009-10-07 05:28 pm (UTC)And I repudiate the suggestion that "is sucked into bridge by hustlers, accused of cheating, leaves home only to suffer mental illness in the Blitz" is anywhere NEAR as far-fetched as "rescued by nun from almost certain life as prostitute after father dies, is taken to a school in an entirely different country where it is discovered that nun is in fact long-lost cousin and you are each other's only living relative".
(I am cross and slightly ashamed of myself! I picked up the next Dimsie on my shelf to read on the bus, and when I started it I found that I had Dimsie Intervenes instead of Among the Prefects, which means that for the past at least year there has been MIS-SHELVING in my room.)