RC
returned to St Elphin's
, and for three years she was a teacher at Darley Dale in Derbyshire. Then, because her mother had moved south to be near her now-married sister, she took...
Literary responses
Richmal Crompton
The headmistress of St Elphin's
forbade girls at the school to read this novel. The rift between her and RC
was not healed for years.
Williams, Kay. Just Richmal. Genesis, 1986.
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Textual Features
Richmal Crompton
This and her third published novel, Anne Morrison, 1925, have been read as autobiographical. In particular, Anne Morrison features a father very like RC
's own, and a school modelled on St Elphin's
.
