HIATUS ENCORE: Noel Streatfeild — Ballet Shoes and The Whicharts with Wendy-Marie Chabot

Send us Fan MailDid you know that Noel Streatfeild’s 1936 children’s book Ballet Shoes is based on her earlier novel The Whicharts, a tawdrier and not-for-children “shadow twin” that was published five years prior? Find out why it’s our favorite of the two in this week’s episode with our guest, author and bookstagrammer Wendy-Marie Chabot. Discussed in this week’s episode: Ballet Shoes by Noel StreatfeildThe Whicharts by Noel StreatfeildLittle Dancer Aged 14 by Edgar DegasMarie van GoethemWannabe: Confessions of a Failed Bibliophile by Badgwendel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud MontgomeryDesert Island Discs on Noel StreatfeildYou’ve Got Mail (1998 film) Ballet Shoes (2007 TV movie) Umbrella Academy (2019- TV series)Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the SpyThe Vicarage series by Noel StreatfeildAt Freddie’s by Penelope FitzgeraldLost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial LadyBlack Swan (2010 film)Ballet Shoes (1975 TV mini series)Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC series)Six Weeks (1982 film) Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey KirklandSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter.Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast