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Autumn Term (FF Childrens Classics) [Paperback]

Antonia Forest (Author)
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Publication Date: 16 Oct 2000 | Series: FF Childrens Classics

Twins Nicola and Lawrie arrive at their new school determined to do even better than their elder sisters, who had all distinguished themselves. But things don't turn out quite as planned.

This story about twins going to a new school is the first title in Antonia Forest's well-loved series about the Marlow family.

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New Ed edition (16 Oct 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0571206409
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571206407
  • Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 66,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The first in a not-long-enough line of excellent books 28 Aug 2001
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Autumn Term was my first Marlow book - 25 years ago. Since then I've been able to collect and enjoy the rest of the series (save one) and congratulate Faber for introducing the Marlows and their friends to a new generation.

The four school stories (Autumn Term, End of Term, The Cricket Term and The Attic Term) are interspersed with stories about the Marlows at home (The Marlows and the Traitor, Falconer's Lure, Peter's Room, The Ready-Made Family, The Thuggery Affair, and Run Away Home). I enjoy the school-set stories more because of the at-home stories.

Forest's characters are believable, and nobody is whiter-than-white or blacker-than-black. Nor are people Reformed In A Term By This Great School :) - all faults exhibited in many other girls' school stories.

If you haven't met Nick, Lawrie, their six siblings, and their friends Miranda, Tim, Esther, Janice, and Patrick - I urge you to do so!

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The first book in the best series 27 Nov 2001
By Aunt Book
Format:Paperback
I have always enjoyed school stories, however formulaic many of them are (can you say "Malory Towers" and "St. Clare's"?) When I first bought this book on a vacation in England in the early 1980s I was expecting the same sort of thing. What I got was, instead, a superb, definitely not-written-to-a-formula book, with fascinating, complex characters and brilliant writing. The identical, but completely different, twins have such lofty plans for their first term at school; the ways in which the plans go awry and the unexpected way in which they excel make for plenty of things happening in the book, but I think it's for the characters that I like it so much. I was fortunate in my timing: END OF TERM, THE CRICKET TERM, PETER'S ROOM, THE READY-MADE FAMILY, THE THUGGERY AFFAIR, and RUN AWAY HOME were all in print that summer, though it took some hunting to find them. It was several years more before I got my acquisitive little hands on FALCONER'S LURE, THE MARLOWS AND THE TRAITOR, and THE ATTIC TERM. I am delighted that the first in the series has been reissued, and hope that Faber will continue with the rest of them. Only four of the Marlow books (the ones with "Term" as part of the title) are school stories, but all of them are excellent, as are the two that explore the adventures of one of the Marlows' ancestors, THE PLAYER'S BOY and THE PLAYERS AND THE REBELS...buy this one and beg Faber to reissue the others.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent and entertaining books for all ages 9 Oct 2000
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Format:Paperback
My sister and I loved the books about the Marlow family when we were teenagers, and still read them 10 years on. They are incredibly well written and are full of references and quotes from literature in general, which I couldn't place until I was older. I would recommend them to anyone, and hope that the rest of the series will be re-published including the ones that are set in the school holidays as these are also fantastic and are fabulous stories about the Marlows adventures at home. We have them all except The Marlows and the Traitor and Runaway Home. So please re-print them all!
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4.0 out of 5 stars autumn term by antonia forest
I am lover of old girls school stories and found this one by antonia forest (whom I had not read before) to be a good read a school story with a mystery as well
Published 19 months ago by Ms. A. S. Bird
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!
Just adding my tuppenceworth to all the 5 star reviews already written. All of Antonia Forest's Marlow family stories are wonderful and this, the first in the series, is probably... Read more
Published on 24 July 2010 by Diana
5.0 out of 5 stars Antonia Forest - a neglected literary genius
I first encountered the Marlows aged about 13, and have loved them ever since (I'm now in my 40s). I re-read all the books regularly, and never fail to marvel at Antonia Forest's... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2008 by Mrs Norris
5.0 out of 5 stars The most underrated children's writer ever?
If there was any justice in the world Antonia Forest would be regarded as one of the greatest British children's authors and all of her books would have been in print continuously. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by S. P. Worsley
4.0 out of 5 stars Reprinting of Antonia Forest Books
In case some readers do not know, over the last few years Girls Gone By Publishers have been reprinting the Antonia Forest books in superb 'new' editions. Read more
Published on 27 July 2007 by Ron
5.0 out of 5 stars Is it back in print? Where can I get it?
I can't believe so many other people loved these school books as much as I did (I never managed to find the ones about the holidays). Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2005 by carla
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this and you'll be hooked on Antonia Forest.
I consider Antonia Forest the best school story writer ever. The Marlow family is one of the most complex and interesting in literary history. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2002 by "daphne@thestar.com.my"
4.0 out of 5 stars I too haved loved these for many years!
Hooray, they're in print again - well, the first one. I too have loved these for many years, but have never been able to get my hands on FALCONER'S LURE or THE MARLOW'S AND THE... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars The best school series I've ever read
It's so refreshing to find a school story where the school and staff are not wonderful, they do not inspire undying loyalty from the pupils, and the heroine, Nicola, very often... Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars A favourite, often re-read book
The Marlow family and school story books are superb, fascinating character studies, and each has its own strong plot and sub-plots. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2001
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