Inspired by a vacation to the Austrian Alps, Elinor M. Brent-Dyer wrote The School at the Chalet, launching a series that would span more than 60 books. The series follows the adventures of a boarding school set in the picturesque Swiss Alps. The series begins with The School at the Chalet (1925), where readers are introduced to Miss Madge Bettany, a young woman who decides to start a school for girls in the Swiss mountains. The series then chronicles the growth and evolution of the school, as well as the trials and triumphs of its students.

From its small beginnings, the Chalet School grows to be one of the most famous girls' schools in the world. There's no end of excitement and adventure and it's every girl's dream to be a pupil there. The winter term is a week old when Inter V propose a scheme for the school's anniversary.

The last term at the Chalet School for the Maynard triplets is bound to be an eventful one! A supposedly quiet afternoon has a near unhappy ending, and Examinations, Sports and the Sale all produce their own excitements. But it is Len, as head girl, who has the greatest shock of all when Dr Entwistle has a serious accident. Can she learn to grow up at last?

A book that updates the stories of The Chalet School Girls into a world of sex, drugs and illegitimate babies bringing characters into the present day with references to Vietnam, Soweto, Greenham Common and the Falklands War. In the original Chalet School series there were 62 books, set in the archetypal girl's boarding school and all the heroines grew up to marry Princes, Dukes or Doctors. They are still selling over 100,000 copies a year.

When they arrive at The Chalet School, the Lintons are as different as two sisters can be. Gentle and thoughtful Gillian soon settles down and makes friends, but wilful Joyce refuses to obey school rules or respect classroom honour. Problems come to a head when Joyce organizes a midnight feast.