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About Enid Blyton:

Enid Blyton, also known as Mary Pollack as her penname (1897-1968) was famous as English children books author. Her collections were numbers of series books of recurring characters. Her books were sold for millions of copies worldwide.
Enid Blyton was born Enid Mary Blyton on August 11tth, 1897 in East Dulwich, England to Theresa Mary Harrison Blyton and Thomas Carey Blyton. Enid was the youngest of 3 children. She had 2 brothers, Hanly and Carey. She attended St. Christopher School.

Enid showed strong interests in music and reading. She was trained to become kindergarten at Ipswich-High-School. During this period, being a writer was only her hobby. Nevertheless, with her playful and childlike mind, Blyton’s first published work was born-The Poetry book Child Whispers in 1922.

Blyton married her first husband Major Hugh Alexander Pollock (1888-1971)-World War one veteran who worked as an editor of George Newnes publishing house. In the next few years, the couple moved several times, and finally ended up in a house in Beaconsfield(Green hedhes)where she spent most of her time there. They had 2 daughters: Imogen Mary Smallwood and Gillian Mary Baverstock.

In 1939 her marriage with Pollock started to disintegrate. Blyton was spending so much time writing. Her husband was also dedicated the time with his writing about the First World War. He then became depressed and turned to alcohol. Later on the pair ended up in divorce.

In 1943, she married her second husband-Kenneth Fraser Darrell waters (1892-1967)- a London surgeon in 1943. Her ex-husband married Ida Crowe and had another daughter Rosemary Pollock.

Publications

Enid Blyton’s dedication to writing was about 40 years of her life. From her first poetry book, between 1920’s to 1930’s, she contributed to many educational publications. She weekly wrote Sunny Stories for Little Folks which eventually became Sunny Stories. Experts believed that it was Enid Blyton’s first full-length novel. By 1938, Blyton’s life was all about writing, and delegating housework and childcare to domestic staff.

The children’s books were more than 800 titles. Her distinguished works involved around 3 themes. First Series was about children in odd circumstances, being adventurous with crime solving skills. These series included The Noddy-books,The famous five, the Secret-Seven and the Adventure series. This series were the most famous work of Blyton. The second was more about day to day life, stories of real world such as the Malory-Towers stories, The St Clarie’s series and The-Naughtiest Girl books. And finally, the third theme was fantasy and magical where children get to meet fairies, elves, goblins, pixies. The series included The Faraway Tree.

Noddy Books.

The early book of Noddy were collectible along as wel as others by Enid Blyton. The book is about Noddy-the wooden boy who lived in Toyland. Noddy was first carved in the toy store and ran away from the wooden lion which was made by the same man. He wandered through the woods and made friends with gnome. Noddy earned his right to live in Toyland by proving to the court that he was a good toy, and he saved the little girl from lion. His subsequent books, Noddy received the car and helps solve mystery. Noddy was always accompanied by his pet “Bumpy Dog” through all his adventures.

The Noddy books series include Noddy goes to Toyland, Hurrah for Little Noddy, Noddy and his car and many more. There is no known exact numbers of Noddy book, certainly more than 2 dozens. Sales of the series were large, grew popularity through France and India. Chorion Limited; the international media production company owned the Character ”Noddy” and later sold the rights to Dreamworks Classic in 2012.

There is an adaptation of Noddy in to TV series up until 2009. In 1954 Noddy appeared on stage at the Stoll Theatre in Kingsway London. The cast were very large, including many children and teenagers and it went on for several years.

The Famous Five Series

The series feature the adventure of three siblings-Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina and their dog-Timmy. These children and the dog would go through series of adventures and solve crimes. The stories usually took place during children’s school holidays. They would be out in the country side, camping or riding bicycles around the Kirrin Island which owned by Georgina’s scientist father-Quentin. Sometimes, these 4 children and Timmy would be joined with other characters such as: The gypsy girl Jo, Henrietta, Scooty and Tinker.

The series included 21 books such as: Five on a Treasure Island, Five go Adventuring Again or Five Run Away together.

Due to the success and popularity of the collection which originally intended for 6 to 8 books expanded to be 21 books. 6 Million Copies of her series had been published and sold by year 1953.

In 1995, the famous five was made into TV series by Portman production, Zenith North Ltd. and several other companies. The series were broadcasted in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. There were full casts and crews features the adventure of the group of these four children and the dog.

Additionally, in 2009, from the collaboration of James Hawes and Lindsay Shaper and BBC and carnival, the film Enid was released. It was biographical film of Enid Blyton. In the film, Blyton was portrayed as a dedicated woman who struggled to balance her roles between wives, mother and extraordinary author. Helena Bonham Carter played Enid Blyton in the film.

The Controversy

Even though there was no mention that her popularity being jeopardized, many readers disapproved of her works for many reason. This led to the altered reprints. Some were banned from the libraries. Chorian revised the contents in her books that were noted to be sexist or racist. For example, Blyton would use the word Nigger instead of Negro, which was deemed to be unacceptable. Between 1950’s to 198’s, Blyton’s books were taken out of the libraries. Some said that her views of the world were not realistic or some habits of boy characters in her books, were not appropriate for young children. BBC also had the longest standing ban on the make of Blyton’s book. Show producers called her “tenacious second-rater” who wrote “stilted and longwinded” books. The makers of her books were not allowed on air at the time. However in 1954, her work were broadcasted again but were acknowledged to be those of qualities. The Last Chapter
By later in 1950, Enid Blyton’s health stated to deteriorate. She began suffering from heart disease and dementia. She was confused the real time with childhood home in Beckenham with both her parents’ even though her father left when she was very young and she didn’t have satisfactory relationship with her mother. She was later transferred to Hampstead Nursing home and died in her sleep 3 months later on November 28th, 1968 at the age of 71. Her last 2 books were published in August 1965.

Up until today, Enid Blyton is never forgotten. Her wonderful stories continue to fascinate children around the world. In year 2008 Costa Book Award-the literary awards in Great Britain and Ireland. Blyton was voted Britain’s best-loved author.

2 Responses to “Enid Blyton”

1. Susan: 4 months ago

   I had to leave a comment as my many Blyton books I received as gifts in my childhood were so loved and taught me to read. The love of reading was due to this wonderful woman. She had a unique and amazing gift to speak to the child directly so they were engaged. Now into my adulthood I’ve returned to these stories to fun beautiful language and very well written scenarios. Equally as engaged now as I was then. We herald this woman as a natural treasure. Her legacy will live on for many hundreds of years. Allow children to dream on her books as it will make imagination development and help with good vocabulary. Thank you dear Enid Blyton.

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2. Cheryl: 3 years ago

   I would highly recommend Michael Morpurgo. Also a British author, he writes for children but I can’t put his books down. My grandchildren love his books as well. His books are historical, and you may know him as the author of “The War Horse”. A friend from England brought me one of his books two years ago and he is delightful. It was called, “The Elephant in the Garden.”

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