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Dinah's only personality trait was that she was scared of snakes and Lucy-Ann's that she pretended to be sick twice.

They were - of course - always frightened and had to be "protected" by the boys. The girls on the other hand could honestly have stayed in England. The two boys were brave, the leaders of the group and each had an almost magical skill with animals, both helped the story to progress.

But come to think of it, it is interesting to see what back then was thought acceptable to be printed.īut what really set me off, was the huge difference between the girls and the boys. I would have expected more even from a book written in 1955. Even in a life-or-death situation, they were bossed around by the children (who, of course, knew best what to do in completely unfamiliar surroundings). However, from todays point of view, this story is definitely not politically correct anymore - it is set in the Middle East and the 3 important foreign characters are the villain and 2 servants, who speak of themselves in the 3rd person and desperately want to serve the 4 kids. I especially enjoyed Blytons wonderful style of writing and describing the settings. This story had me hooked! Even though the book is targeted at children, I still found it gripping. 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.