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Notes:
"Ratings" represent only my opinions. 5 = best; 1 = worst.
"Story dates" are all relative dates, based on the two (?) absolute dates in the
books, 11 August 1931, in Swallowdale, chapter 27, and August 1929, in Swallows and Amazons, chapter 10.
Unfortunately, these two dates appear to conflict: Swallowdale clearly takes place one year
later than Swallows and Amazons, despite the two-year difference in dates.
Nor is dating the rest of the series easy: some books are clearly dated (relative to events of the year and to one another); others
not at all.
| Story Date | Title | Characters | Pub Date | Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | August | Swallows and Amazons | Sw,Am,CF | 1930 | 4 | ||||||
| nd | (fantasy) | Peter Duck | Sw,Am,CF,PD | 1932 | 2 | ||||||
| . | Note: May be the story mentioned in Swallowdale as having been concocted by the S & A during the winter holidays, 1930/1 (using the Swallowdale dating) or 1929/30 (using the S&A dating). | ||||||||||
| 1931 | August | Swallowdale | Sw,Am,CF,Aunt | 1931 | 4 | ||||||
| 1931/2 | Winter | Winter Holiday | Sw,Am,Ds,CF MB,Dr | 1933 | 5 | ||||||
| 1932 | Easter | Coot Club | Ds,T,P/S,D/G Adm | 1934 | 4 | ||||||
| 1932 | Early Summer | Pigeon Post | Sw,Am,Ds,Tim,~CF | 1936 | 4 | ||||||
| 1932 | August | We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea | Sw,JB | 1937 | 5 | ||||||
| 1932 | Late Summer | Secret Water | Sw+,Am,Ee | 1939 | 4 | ||||||
| . | Note: Immediately follows WDMTGTS. | ||||||||||
| 1932 | Late Summer | The Big Six | Ds,T,D/G
Adm | 1940 | 3 | ||||||
| nd | (fantasy) | Missee Lee | Sw,Am,CF | 1941 | 1 | ||||||
| 1933 | Early Summer | The Picts and the Martyrs | Am,Ds,Tim,Aunt | 1942 | 5 | ||||||
| 1933 | ?Summer | [Coots in the North]
| D/G,Adm...
| 1988
| n/a
| ?1934
| Summer
| Great Northern?
| Sw,Am,Ds,CF
| 1947
| 4
| |
| Abbrev | Character(s) | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Adm | The "Admiral" | Mrs. Barrable |
| Am | Amazon Pirates | Nancy (Ruth) & Peggy (Margaret) Blackett |
| Aunt | The Great Aunt | Aunt Maria Turner |
| CF | Captain Flint | James (Uncle Jim) Turner |
| Co | the Cook | |
| D/G | Death and Glories | Joe, Bill, & Pete |
| Dr | The Doctor | |
| Ds | the "D"s / Scarabs | Dick & Dorothea Callum |
| Duck | Peter Duck | (fantasy character) |
| Ee | Eels Tribe | Daisy, Dee, Dum, Don ("MastaDON") |
| JB | Jim Brading | |
| MB | Molly Blackett nee Turner | Amazons' mum; CF's sister |
| P/S | Port & Starboard | |
| Sw | Swallows | John, Susan, Titty, & Roger Walker |
| Sw+ | Swallows plus baby | Vickie (Bridget) |
| T | Tom, chief Coot | Thomas Dudgeon |
| Tim | Timothy | Timothy Stedding |
Other Arthur Ransome sites:
Ransome Biography.
Arthur Ransome Society page.
Rev. 23 July 1997
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