Posted by Robert Hill on July 15, 1999 at 12:40:47 from 129.11.153.35 via proxy proxy2.leeds.ac.uk:
In Reply to: Re: S&A Series posted by Patrick Fox on July 14, 1999 at 20:16:33:
Two further examples of Bridget's abnormally fast ageing:
- In S&A she has her second birthday. In Swallowdale, set the next
year but starting earlier in the summer than S&A, she's already 3
at the start of the book.
- When Roger uses matches in Winter Holiday he's breaking a family
rule even though he's 8 or 9. But if I remember correctly, Bridget
uses them in Secret Water with no mention of a rule being broken.
Two further apparent inconsistencies over ages:
- In S&A Peggy is about the same age/size as John but in several of
the later books she seems to be younger/smaller than Susan. In Missee
Lee they get in the dragon in order of size, with Peggy behind Susan;
in Winter Holiday Dorothea thinks Peggy is not much older than herself;
in tP&tM Peggy and Dorothea take the same shoe size. There may be
other examples in the other books.
- Dick is not much older than Roger in Winter Holiday, but in tP&tM
he's done qualitative analysis in chemistry at school.
Sorry for repeating something I've said before, but there are several
new readers about.