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Category Archives: Characters
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top part 3: a focus on Uncle Quentin
Unlike the 70s TV series in the books Uncle Quentin doesn’t turn up at the end of every adventure (only a slight exaggeration) to resolve everything. Normally he is to be found skulking around Kirrin Cottage slamming doors and shouting when other people are noisy. I have reviewed … Continue reading
What would Enid Blyton’s characters be unwrapping for their Christmas?
When I wrote my Enid Blyton Gift Guide I started wondering what the children in her books would be unwrapping on Christmas day. It was a very different world in the 1940s, 50s and 60s especially in the idyllic bubble … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Christmas Presents, Gifts, The Adventure Series, The Enchanted Wood, The Famous Five, The Secret Series
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Jack Arnold, part 2
Previously I looked at Jack’s origins and all his clever ideas for running away. Jack the captain Being the oldest and most responsible Jack is quickly declared captain of the little group. The children obey him without question and, in … Continue reading
Jack Arnold
I had initially intended to just feature Jack Arnold as my character of the week a few Mondays ago (and in fact I did) but I wrote so much for what should have been a 2-3 hundred word paragraph that I realised … Continue reading
Miss Grayling’s Girls 5 – the successes
So far I have introduced Miss Grayling and the role she plays at Malory Towers, looked at some failures, experiments and girls who almost messed up their schooling. Now I’m going to have a look at the girls who can … Continue reading
Miss Grayling’s Girls 4 – the ones who almost messed it up
Not every girl fits neatly into ‘success’ or ‘failure’. Some are distinctly one or the other by the end, some change back and forth through the years and some are a grey area all the way through. Some of these … Continue reading
Miss Grayling’s Girls 3 – the experiments
Not every girl fits neatly into ‘success’ or ‘failure’. Some are distinctly one or the other by the end, some change back and forth through the years and some are a grey area all the way through. A few girls … Continue reading
Miss Grayling’s Girls 2 – the failures
As I said in my previous post not every girl at Malory Towers is a success, though there have only been two real failures. GWENDOLINE MARY LACY Gwen is Malory Towers longest-lasting non-success and unfortunately she doesnt turn things around before … Continue reading
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Tagged Gwendoline Mary Lacey, Jo Jones, Malory Towers, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls
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Miss Grayling’s Girls – an introduction
Miss Greyling is the headmistress at Malory Towers. She is ultimately responsible for all the girls at her school, down to accepting their applications to be pupils and expelling them if they cannot be kept on. She is quiet, dignified … Continue reading
Philip Mannering’s animals – an essential A-Z guide
Philip has a magic way with animals and can tame just about anything to want to live in his pockets. He never keeps anything as banal as a cat or dog, but it would not be unusual to see a … Continue reading
A completely un-confusing guide to names in Blyton’s books, part 2
Last time we clarified which Jack, or indeed Jock, was which, we covered the difference between Morgan, Dai and Llewellyn and Morgan, Dai and Llewellyn, and we made sure we knew our great-grandad from our old grandads. Now for some … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Kirrin, Aunt Fanny, Dick Kirrin, Dirty Dick, Elizabeth Allen, Faraway Tree Series, George Kirrin, Janet, Julian Kirrin, Malory Towers, Peter, Quentin Blake, St Clare's, Susan, The Caravan Family, The Famous Five, The Naughtiest Girl, The Secret Series, The Secret Seven
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Blyton’s bothersome bests: Those I love to hate
It was really hard to come up with a blog this time around, I must admit I am really struggling at the moment, so it was actually Fiona who had the idea for this blog, for which I am grateful … Continue reading
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Tagged Fatty, Gwendoline Mary Lacey, Malory Towers, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, Uncle Quentin
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Blyton’s Mothers
Before anyone gets confused – Enid Blyton did only have one mother, Theresa Blyton, née Harrison. She didn’t get on very well with her mother and in fact cut all contact as an adult, and many criticise her own skills … Continue reading
My Three Least Favourite Characters
Looking for something to write about this week I browsed older posts and spotted Stef’s post about her least favourite characters, and I decided that would be a fine thing for me to write about too. I didn’t have any ideas … Continue reading
Those Dreadful Children: who was really the most dreadful? continued
I’m back with another very long blog to try to answer the question I set myself! (Previous part here.) THINGS I DIDN’T REALLY CONSIDER AS A CHILD As a child I think I glossed over a lot of the Carletons’ … Continue reading
Those Dreadful Children: who was really the most dreadful?
Those Dreadful Children has long been one of my favourite Enid Blyton books. I had an Armada paperback when I was a child and I read it many times. I was quite firm in my belief that the Taggertys were … Continue reading
My Three Least Favourite Characters
Overall, I don’t think we consciously give much thought to our least favourite characters, instead we focus on the ones we do love and enjoy, which is fair enough. However the other week, when I was telling you about the … Continue reading
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