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Set in a small town in Edwardian England, Regiment of Women is a page-turning and beguiling novel about the complicated relationship between a teacher and pupil at a private (and elitist) girls' school . . .
With a foreword by Jacqueline Wilson
'I understand her. You dont. She likes to be top dog. Shell do anything for that. She likes to know every woman and child in the school is a bit of putty, to knead into shape.
Miss Clare Hartill, teacher at a girls boarding school, has a bewitching ability to get her own way, whether it is among the staff or the pupils wholl do anything to please her. When nineteen-year-old Alwynne Durand is hired, Clare takes this innocent and enthusiastic but undisciplined young teacher under her wing.
Soon, the pair are spending every moment together, with Alwynne growing as dependent on Clare as she is drawn to her beguiling wit and charm.
But when tragedy touches the school, Alwynne begins to question Clares attentions. Sometimes, she thinks, her new friend can be cruel.
Torn between a Clare she loves and a Clare she fears, Alwynne must decide between loyalty and independence before Clare chooses for her . . .
Praise for Clemence Dane: 'Clemence Dane's special distinction as a writer is to have won distinction in many different literary fields and to have been mediocre in none' New York Times
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Clemence Dane's special distinction as a writer is to have won distinction in many different literary fields and to have been mediocre in none * New York Times *
Born Winifred Ashton in 1888 in London, Clemence Dane (her pen name, taken from a church on The Strand) was an English actor, teacher, writer, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, sculptor, painter, broadcaster, lecturer and pioneering feminist. Regiment of Women, her first novel, was published in 1917. Subsequently she divided her time between writing plays, novels and screenplays. Her writing took her to Hollywood and films of her work featured some of the most famous stars of their day: Hitchcock, Hepburn, OHara, Garbo, Olivier, Kerr, Leigh. Two of her artworks are in the National Portrait Gallery and her great friend Noël Coward immortalized her as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit. She was the first British female screenwriter to win an Oscar and was famous for dropping entirely innocent double-entendres.
