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Monitress Merle is a novel written by Angela Brazil. The story revolves around a young girl named Lucy Merle, who is appointed as a monitress at her boarding school. Lucy is excited about her new role and takes her responsibilities seriously. She befriends a new girl, Phyllis,... Read Full Overview

I suppose I shall have to go yawned Gwen. "These village concerts of Mother's are such a nuisance Why can't the people get up their own instead of always expecting her to bother with them I don't want to hear Miss Smith and Miss Brown and Miss Robinson It bores me stiff."

I suppose I shall have to go yawned Gwen. "These village concerts of Mother's are such a nuisance Why can't the people get up their own instead of always expecting her to bother with them I don't want to hear Miss Smith and Miss Brown and Miss Robinson It bores me stiff."

The warm, mellow September sunshine was streaming over the irregular roofs and twisted chimneys of the little town of Chagmouth, and was glinting on the water in the harbour, and sending gleaming, straggling, silver lines over the deep reflections of the shipping moored by the... Read Full Overview

The warm, mellow September sunshine was streaming over the irregular roofs and twisted chimneys of the little town of Chagmouth, and was glinting on the water in the harbour, and sending gleaming, straggling, silver lines over the deep reflections of the shipping moored by the... Read Full Overview

Angela Brazil's School Story Books

Angela Brazil's books were commercially successful, widely read by pre-adolescent girls, and influenced them. Though interest in girls' school stories waned after World War II, her books remained popular... Read Full Overview

Angela Brazil's School Story Books

Angela Brazil's books were commercially successful, widely read by pre-adolescent girls, and influenced them. Though interest in girls' school stories waned after World War II, her books remained popular until the 1960s... Read Full Overview

Monitress Merle is a novel written by Angela Brazil, a British author known for her schoolgirl stories. The book tells the story of a young girl named Marjorie, who is sent to a new school called Cliff House after her father's death. At Cliff House, Marjorie meets a girl named... Read Full Overview

About the Author- Angela Brazil (pronounced "brazzle") (30 November 1868 - 13 March 1947) was one of the first British writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point of view and intended primarily as entertainment rather than moral instruction. In... Read Full Overview

Angela Brazil (1868-1947) was the first of the British writers of "modern" School Girls' Stories genre - written from the characters' point of view. Along with her sister Amy, Angela then studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London. She was quite late in taking up writing,... Read Full Overview

The warm, mellow September sunshine was streaming over the irregular roofs and twisted chimneys of the little town of Chagmouth, and was glinting on the water in the harbour, and sending gleaming, straggling, silver lines over the deep reflections of the shipping moored by the... Read Full Overview

Monitress Merle, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations... Read Full Overview