Robin Redbreast: A Story for Girls

A red‑brick house perched on a quiet lane near Thetford opens the story, its ivy‑clad wings and bright round windows giving it a whimsical, almost watchful character. The home, once a bustling inn named after a robin, has been lovingly restored by successive owners and now belongs to the reclusive Lady Myrtle Goodacre, a widowed matriarch whose solitary habits lend an air of gentle mystery to the neighbourhood.

The narrative follows the arrival of young girls drawn to Thetford’s newly thriving school, where ambitions for a future high‑school for girls stir excitement and hope. As they explore the charming yet slightly enigmatic surroundings of Robin Redbreast, they encounter the house’s storied past, the kindly yet distant Lady Myrtle, and a community eager to balance tradition with the promise of new learning.