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British Girls's School Story author
May Baldwin (8 May 1862,
Lucknow, India - 1950) was a British girls'
school story book author.
[1]
An international traveller, Baldwin's work was far less nationalistic than that of her contemporaries.
[2]
Early life
Baldwin trained to be a teacher at
Bishop Otter College .
[2]
Career
Her works include:
A Popular Girl: A Tale of School Life in Germany (1901)
[3]
A Plucky Girl; or, The Adventures of 'Miss Nell' (1902)
Sibyl; or, Old School Friends (1903)
The Sunset Rock: A Story for Girls (1903)
[4]
That Awful Little Brother (1904)
The Girls of St. Gabriel's; or, Life at a French School (1905)
Peg's Adventures in Paris (1906)
[5]
Dora: A High School Girl (1906)
The Follies of Fifi (1907)
Mysie: A Highland Lassie (1907)
Holly House and Ridges Row: A Tale of London Old and New (1908)
[6]
[7]
Golden Square High School (1908)
Barbara Bellamy: A Public School Girl (1909)
[8]
Sarah's School Friend (1910)
[9]
[10]
Two Schoolgirls of Florence (1910)
A Schoolgirl of Moscow (1911)
The Girls' Eton (1911)
A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends (1912)
[11]
Corah's School Chums (1912)
Hilda's Experiences (1913)
A Schoolgirl's Diary: The Story of Her Holiday Beyond the Seas (1914)
Phyllis McPhilemy: A School Story (1915)
Mrs. Manning's Wards (1916)
Irene to the Rescue: The Story of an English Girl's Fight for the Right (1917)
[12]
Miss Peter (1917)
Three Pickles in and out of School (1921)
A Schoolgirl of the Blue (1923)
The Twins Make Good (1928)
References
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"Books by May Baldwin (Author of A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends)" .
good reads .
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a
b Sims, Susan; Clare, Hilary (29 November 2017).
The Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories .
Taylor & Francis Group.
ISBN
978-0-8153-8227-0 .
^ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1901).
"A Popular Girl: A school story by May Baldwin" .
W. & R. Chambers – via
Google Books .
^ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1904).
"The Sunset Rock: A Story for Girls" .
E.P. Dutton & Company – via
Google Books .
^ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1906).
"Peg's Adventures in Paris: A School Tale" .
E.P. Dutton – via
Google Books .
^ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1908).
"Holly House and Ridges Row: a Tale of London Old and New, Etc" . London & Edinburgh – via
Google Books .
^
"School Stories" .
Truth . London. 1908-11-25. p. 1272. Retrieved 31 October 2023 .
^ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1909).
"Barbara Bellamy, a Public School Girl" . W. & R. Chambers – via Google Books.
^ Baldwin, May (December 9, 2006).
"Sarah's School Friend" – via
Project Gutenberg .
^
"Advertisement" .
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine : A Popular Journal of General Literature, Science and Politics . J.B. Lippincott and Company. December 1910. p. 42. Retrieved 31 October 2023 .
^ Baldwin, May; Overnell, T. J. (January 2, 2010).
"A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends" – via
Project Gutenberg .
^ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1917).
"Irene to the Rescue: The Story of an English Girl's Fight for the Right" .
E.P. Dutton & Company – via
Google Books .
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