PS - I know that there are Famous Five books that are ghostwritten but they don't count, since they are a horrible fake version of the real thing. I don't know what that means for me, but there you go. There is not one Enid Blyton book that I gave a 1 star rating to, and that makes her my most reliable author. I remember a 'Find Outers' Mystery book that was made of pretty poor plotting, but the last Famous Five book suffered no such limitations. Unlike Dame Agatha Christie, Blyton retained most of her faculties when she neared death. The book came out in 1964, and Enid Blyton would live a further 4 more years. Good luck!Įnid Blyton didn't know that this book was to be her last Famous Five book. How we wish we could join you! Good-bye for now - and take care of yourselves, Five. We are longing to hear what you and the others will be up to next.

Hurry up and fall into another adventure. ‘What an exciting time we’ve had! I really did enjoy every minute of it!’ Clare's.Īccording to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.īlyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters.

She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) was an English author of children's books.īorn in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading.

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