"The Land of Magic medicines will be here. What can be done? The children flock up the Faraway Tree and beseech their magical friends for aid. Calamity! She has been in bed for a few days. Later in the book the children's mother (sister or sister-in-law to Rick's mother) falls ill. Remember this, it will become important in a few sentences. (this is a quote, the stuff below is artistic license) Or Franny and Rick as the characters have been renamed.Ĭousin Rick comes to stay: "He is going to stay quite a long time because his mother is ill and can't look after him," says the children's mother. But I think even the Narnia books, which I read later, aren't superior to whatever magical themed books Enid Blyton wrote.įanny waited a whole book for Dick and I'm happy to report he turns up in book 2. At that time, she was the best author available to me. I've been an avid reader of Enid Blyton since I was a kid. But the fun is usually a unique experience. All things considered, I think the kids have more trouble than fun. Sometimes even the benign lands are full of unlooked for dangers. Our adventurers Jo, Bessie, Fanny and their cousin Dick mingle with the magic folk, and go up the ladder with mixed results. Also, at the top of the tree a ladder leads the climber into whatever land it is therein. To summarize, the Faraway Tree is a magic tree where magical beings live. How nice it is to know the English language, and come across such gems as The Faraway Tree trilogy. Enid Blyton books don't have much depth, but the author knows about storytelling. I feel quite fine and have a great feeling of self satisfaction, because I reread one of the best Children's books that I've read. 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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