I want to know her actual age in the books from the classic series.
2007-03-20 15:37:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
69, but she doesn't look a day over 68.
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2007-03-20 15:40:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How Old Is Nancy Drew
2016-11-12 03:08:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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How old is Nancy Drew?
I want to know her actual age in the books from the classic series.
2015-08-18 13:21:56 · answer #3 · answered by Scarlett 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nancy Drew books first came out in 1930 - She was 16 at the time, so she's 93 now.
2007-03-20 15:47:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nancy was depicted as an independent-minded teenager, usually sixteen, but gradually aging to eighteen by the mid 1940s. (this was changed when the original books were later revised; she is always eighteen) who has graduated from high school. Apparently affluent, she maintains an active social, volunteer, and sleuthing schedule, as well as participating in athletics and the arts, but is never shown as working for a living or acquiring job skills. Nancy is also unhindered by the Great Depression or World War II.
Nancy lives with her lawyer father, Carson Drew. (Nancy's mother died when Nancy was only ten and she took over as managing the household at that time.) As the only woman in the family, Nancy is in charge of giving orders to the housekeeper, Hannah Gruen. The housekeeper lives with the Drews in the family's three-story brick house in the fictional town of River Heights (the specific state is never referenced, although the town is often thought to be in the Midwest). In these early stories, the relationship between Nancy and Hannah is clearly that of an employer to employee. Hannah must approve menus and special duties with Nancy---although it is difficult to imagine that at age ten Nancy gave orders to a maid!
In the original books, Nancy drives a blue roadster. In the revised and Girl Detective books, she drives a blue convertible and in the paperbacks, she drives a blue Mustang. In the originals, her blue roadster became maroon, and then dark green, finally having no description of color for several years.
2007-03-20 15:42:59 · answer #5 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When her age was mentioned in the original series, Nancy Drew was always 18 years old.
2007-03-20 15:41:17 · answer #6 · answered by Teresa S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
75
2007-03-20 15:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by someebeooddyyy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, she was old enough to drive a roadster. I know when I was reading her she was a teen and I was younger, so she's pretty ancient by now.
2007-03-20 15:46:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was 16 in the first book (wasn't that The Mystery of the Old Clock-- or something like that?)...in later books I remember her being 17.
And sweet....and petitie....and smart...and wearing a perfect size 6 shoe...and being the best friend ever...and...and...and...sorry got carried away. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
2007-03-20 15:42:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the first book "the secret of the old clock" shes 18, and as the books process, she gets older
2007-03-20 15:39:28 · answer #10 · answered by Tasoula 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋