help!!!!!! facts on enid blyton?

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i have to collect facts on enid blyton. plezzzz send few if u know

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I am not sure exactly what you want to know but you can check her out at the link I have left for you... I hope it helps

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Facts About Enid Blyton

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Enid Blyton is the famous writer who had written fascinating children stories like FAMOUS FIVE.

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help!!!!!! facts on enid blyton?
i have to collect facts on enid blyton. plezzzz send few if u know

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http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0003179.html

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oh my i love her!

apparently she and her daughter doesn't get along very well which is ironic since blyton wrote stories to entertain children and was able to interest and thrill many children....except her own daughter.

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Enid Mary Blyton (August 11, 1897–November 28, 1968) was a British children's author. She is noted particularly for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups. Her books have enjoyed popular success in many parts of the world, and have exceeded sales of 400 million. In 2006, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world, according to the Index Translationum, measured by the volume, over 3300, of translations of her works, after Lenin but ahead of Barbara Cartland.

Her most widely known character is believed to be Noddy. Other particularly popular series include the Famous Five (consisting of 21 novels, 1942–1963, based on four child detectives and their dog) and Secret Seven books (consisting of 15 novels, 1949–1963, based on the adventures of seven children who solve various mysteries).

Her work involves mainly children's adventure stories, and some fantasy, occasionally involving magic. Her books were and still are enormously popular in Britain, India, New Zealand and Australia. Her work has been translated into nearly 90 languages, including Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Malay, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. Translated versions became and have remained extremely popular in many parts of Europe and Asia.

Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, the eldest child of Thomas Carey Blyton (1870–1920), a salesman of cutlery, and his wife, Theresa Mary, née Harrison (1874–1950). There were two younger brothers, Hanly (b. 1899), and Carey (b. 1902), who were born after the family had moved to the nearby suburb of Beckenham. Her first book, Child Whispers, a collection of poems, was published in 1922.


From 1907 to 1915, Enid was educated at St. Christopher's School in Beckenham, where she excelled at her endeavours, leaving as head girl. She enjoyed physical activities along with the academic work, but not maths.

Enid was a talented pianist, and obtained a Licentiate diploma from the Royal Academy of Music, but gave up her musical studies when she trained as a teacher. She taught for five years at Bickley and Surbiton, writing in her spare time.

On 28 August 1924 Blyton married Major Hugh Alexander Pollock DSO (1888–1971), editor of the book department in the publishing firm of George Newnes, which published two of her books that year. The couple moved to Buckinghamshire. Eventually they moved to a house called "Green Hedges" in Beaconsfield. They had two children: Gillian Mary Baverstock (b. 15 July 1931) and Imogen Mary Smallwood (b. 27 October 1935).

In the mid-1930s Blyton experienced a spiritual crisis, but she decided against converting to Roman Catholicism from the Church of England because she had felt it was "too constricting." Although she rarely attended church services, she saw that her two daughters were baptized into the Anglican faith and went to the local Sunday School.

By 1939 her marriage to Pollock was in difficulties, and in 1941 she met Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters (1892–1967), a London surgeon, with whom she began a friendship which quickly developed into something deeper. After each had divorced, they married at the City of Westminster register office on 20 October 1943, and she subsequently changed the surname of her two daughters to Darrell Waters. Pollock remarried and had little contact with his daughters thereafter. Blyton's second marriage was very happy and, as far as her public was concerned, she moved smoothly into her role as a devoted doctor's wife, living with him and her two daughters at Green Hedges.

Blyton's husband died in 1967. During the following months, she became increasingly ill. Afflicted by Alzheimer's disease, Blyton was moved into a nursing home three months before her death; she died at the Greenways Nursing Home, 11 Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, on 28 November 1968, and was cremated at Golders Green.

Blyton's literary output was of an estimated 800 books over roughly 40 years. Chorion PLC of London now owns and handles the intellectual properties and character brands of Blyton's Noddy and the Famous Five.

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famous five, secret seven, adventure series , five findouters are all his works...just put a search through google..;.for more

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wrote famous five secret seven,mysteries.....amazing writer

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Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) was, and remains, one of the most popular of authors for children. Her books made her a household name: her magazine writing for children put before the public much of her day-to-day life: a life lived in the leafy English countryside that seemed blissful and idyllic. Enid Blyton was a British writer who published over 600 children's or juvenile books in her 40-year career. Blyton's most famous series was The Famous Five. Its central characters were Julian, ****, Anne, George, and the dog Timmy. Blyton's works painted an idyllic vision of rural England, which celebrated good food, spirit of comradeship, and honesty. Her books have been translated into nearly seventy languages and sold up to the 1980s some 60 million volumes..

Enid Blyton :
Author of the following books and novels: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, St Clares, The Faraway Tree, Secret Series, The R Mysteries, Mystery Series , Naughtiest Girl, Five Find-Outers, Wishing Chair, plus many other books and bestsellers.

ENID BLYTON

Enid Blyton was probably the most successful British children's writer of the twentieth century, she was born in London on 11th August 1897 and she died in 1968

Enid Blyton's books have received much literary criticism, indeed the attitudes displayed in many of the books can be considered as sexist and outdated. At the end of the fifties many librarians refused to stock books by Enid Blyton on the grounds that children would not read the great works of literature, this had the result that Enid Blyton sold even more books. All I can say is that as a child I really enjoyed reading her books. I would say that due to Enid Blyton I went on to read many other authors.

Enid Blyton
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Enid Mary Blyton (August 11, 1897–November 28, 1968) was a British children's author. She is noted particularly for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups. Her books have enjoyed popular success in many parts of the world, and have exceeded sales of 400 million. In 2006, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world, according to the Index Translationum, measured by the volume, over 3300, of translations of her works, after Lenin but ahead of Barbara Cartland.

Her most widely known character is believed to be Noddy. Other particularly popular series include the Famous Five (consisting of 21 novels, 1942–1963, based on four child detectives and their dog) and Secret Seven books (consisting of 15 novels, 1949–1963, based on the adventures of seven children who solve various mysteries).

Her work involves mainly children's adventure stories, and some fantasy, occasionally involving magic. Her books were and still are enormously popular in Britain, India, New Zealand and Australia. Her work has been translated into nearly 90 languages, including Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Malay, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. Translated versions became and have remained extremely popular in many parts of Europe and Asia.



Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, the eldest child of Thomas Carey Blyton (1870–1920), a salesman of cutlery, and his wife, Theresa Mary, née Harrison (1874–1950). There were two younger brothers, Hanly (b. 1899), and Carey (b. 1902), who were born after the family had moved to the nearby suburb of Beckenham. Her first book, Child Whispers, a collection of poems, was published in 1922.


From 1907 to 1915, Enid was educated at St. Christopher's School in Beckenham, where she excelled at her endeavours, leaving as head girl. She enjoyed physical activities along with the academic work, but not maths.

Enid was a talented pianist, and obtained a Licentiate diploma from the Royal Academy of Music, but gave up her musical studies when she trained as a teacher. She taught for five years at Bickley and Surbiton, writing in her spare time.

On 28 August 1924 Blyton married Major Hugh Alexander Pollock DSO (1888–1971), editor of the book department in the publishing firm of George Newnes, which published two of her books that year. The couple moved to Buckinghamshire. Eventually they moved to a house called "Green Hedges" in Beaconsfield. They had two children: Gillian Mary Baverstock (b. 15 July 1931) and Imogen Mary Smallwood (b. 27 October 1935).

In the mid-1930s Blyton experienced a spiritual crisis, but she decided against converting to Roman Catholicism from the Church of England because she had felt it was "too constricting." Although she rarely attended church services, she saw that her two daughters were baptized into the Anglican faith and went to the local Sunday School.

By 1939 her marriage to Pollock was in difficulties, and in 1941 she met Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters (1892–1967), a London surgeon, with whom she began a friendship which quickly developed into something deeper. After each had divorced, they married at the City of Westminster register office on 20 October 1943, and she subsequently changed the surname of her two daughters to Darrell Waters. Pollock remarried and had little contact with his daughters thereafter. Blyton's second marriage was very happy and, as far as her public was concerned, she moved smoothly into her role as a devoted doctor's wife, living with him and her two daughters at Green Hedges.

Blyton's husband died in 1967. During the following months, she became increasingly ill. Afflicted by Alzheimer's disease, Blyton was moved into a nursing home three months before her death; she died at the Greenways Nursing Home, 11 Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, on 28 November 1968, and was cremated at Golders Green.

Blyton's literary output was of an estimated 800 books over roughly 40 years. Chorion PLC of London now owns and handles the intellectual properties and character brands of Blyton's Noddy and the Famous Five.