Our series, 'Fun in the Fourth - Outstanding Girls' School Stories' was launched in August 2006. The idea behind the series is that it will enable us to broaden the range of authors whom we publish, and allow our readers to discover a fascinating range of books which have long been unobtainable.
The series will feature books by authors who only wrote one or two books in this genre, as well as a few of the best examples among the work of more prolific authors (such as Dorothea Moore) and some of the very rare titles by authors whose other books are generally easy to find second-hand, and whose output we therefore would not expect to re-publish in its entirety (such as Josephine Elder).
All the books are notable in some way, and have introductory background articles as well. School stories, and particularly those written for girls, were for a long time completely neglected, but over the last couple of decades have been receiving more serious critical attention.
This series will allow new generations to discover some of the best books in the genre, and will help ensure that its strengths are not underestimated.
Of Sally Dore's general series introduction, Frances Danks wrote "I loved the introduction. It answered so many questions I have had for ages, particularly why public schools are so named and what exactly is "the shell". Enjoyable and informative, so thank you very much”
Titles published or to be published in ‘Fun in the Fourth’ are show below.
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- A Fourth Form Friendship
- Price A
- Published in 2006
- Evelyn Finds Herself
- Price A
- Published in 2006
- The Only Day-Girl
- Price A
- Published inMay 2007
- The Right St John's
- Price A
- Published in November 2007