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Dorita Fairlie Bruce

(1885 - 1970)

About Dorita Fairlie Bruce

Dorita Fairlie Bruce is one of the leading authors of school stories for girls during the great period between the two World Wars, mostly remembered for her nine 'Dimsie' books, often paired with her near contemporaries Elinor Brent-Dyer and Elsie J. Oxenham.

Series

Dimsie
1. The Senior Prefect (1921)
aka Dimsie Goes to School
2. Dimsie Moves Up (1921)
3. Dimsie Moves Up Again (1922)
4. Dimsie Among the Prefects (1923)
5. Dimsie Grows Up (1924)
6. Dimsie, Head-girl (1925)
7. Dimsie Goes Back (1927)
8. Dimsie Intervenes (1937)
9. Dimsie Carries On (1941)
The Dimsie Omnibus (omnibus) (1932)
The New Dimsie Omnibus (omnibus) (1933)
Dimsie Takes Charge (1985)

Nancy & St.Bride's
1. The Girls of St.Bride's (1923)
The New Girl and Nancy (1926)
Nancy To The Rescue (1927)
The Best Bat in the School: And Other Stories (1931)
Nancy At St. Bride's (1933)
Nancy in the Sixth (1935)
Nancy Returns to St.Bride's (1938)
Nancy Calls the Tune (1944)

Springdale
The New House-Captain (1928)
The Best House In The School (1930)
Captain Of Springdale (1932)
The New House At Springdale (1934)
The Springdale Omnibus (omnibus) (1935)
Prefects At Springdale (1936)
Captain Anne (1939)

Colmskirk
The King's Curate (1930)
The Bees On Drumwhinnie (1932)
Mistress Mariner (1932)
A Laverock Lilting (1945)
Wild Goose Quest (1945)
The Serendipity Shop (1947)
Triffeny (1950)
The Debatable Mound (1953)
The Bartle Bequest (1955)

Toby
1. The School On the Moor (1931)
2. The School In The Woods (1940)
3. Toby At Tibbs Cross (1943)

Sally
1. Sally Scatterbrain (1956)
2. Sally Again (1959)
3. Sally's Summer Term (1961)

Novels

The Major-man And Cynthia (1910)
The Influence Of Anne And Blue Snap Dragons (1923)
That Boarding School Girl (1925)

Omnibus

The Dorita Bruce Omnibus (1937)
The New Dorita Bruce Omnibus (2003)

Collections

Mrs Strang's Annual for Girls (1923)
The Oxford Annual for Girls (1927)
The Big Book For Girls (1933)
Gallant and Gay: stories for girls (1943)

Links to other websites

doriafairliebruce.com

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