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Tag Archives: The Adventure Series
The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 9
As planned, and after a month since the last post (where does the time go?) I’m back to looking at the changes to The Island of Adventure. It is chapters 17 and 18 this week, as we move into the second half of … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 8
Yet again I didn’t get a chance to listen to an audio drama for the blog. So we’re back to looking at the changes to The Island of Adventure. Chapters fifteen and sixteen this time, taking us just beyond the half-way … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 7
It’s been a little while since I last did a post on this. There was meant to be one roughly every four weeks but I chopped and changed a few weeks on the schedule so it didn’t work out that … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 6
Well, whoops. Let me start with telling you that I’ve just noticed that I’ve done part one, two, three, three and four of this so far. Yes, that’s right, there’s three down twice. So this week would have been five … Continue reading
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The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 26
Chapter twenty-six: Mrs Cunningham Again! The children followed Bill to the inn. There was faint light on in the kitchen. They trooped in at the back door and into the kitchen. What an exciting night it had been! The children … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 5
Chapters nine and ten this week. I was wanting to carry on to chapter eleven – Bill Smugs – but there was so much happening in chapter ten alterations wise that I had to stop there. Earlier chapters were covered … Continue reading
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The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 25
Chapter twenty-five: A thrilling night All eight of the men stood waiting, apparently for their helicopter to arrive. They had finished up their job, the marsh was fully drained where they needed it to be. They had drained quite a … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4
This week we’re on to chapters seven and eight (there are 29 altogether so this book could take me a while!) The earlier chapters were covered here, here and here. My own copy of the book is a 1955 8th … Continue reading
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The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 24
Chapter twenty-four: Hiding places again “The men were discussing the happenings of tonight, in I’m afraid for them, much too loud a voice for us to not hear. The marsh will be fully drained by tonight at two o’clock sharp, … Continue reading
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It’s Almost Christmas!
Can you believe how quickly this year is going? Isn’t it just mad! And can I just take a moment to wish Fiona a happy birthday today! Happy Birthday Fiona! Anyway, this week, our contributing blog will be a re-blog … Continue reading
The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 23
Chapter twenty-three: A clever piece of machinery “What do we do now?” asked Jack, who couldn’t bear the thought of the enemies below escaping before they had chance to catch them. “We’re going back underground to try and overhear any … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 3
We’re up to chapters five and six now, and as I was looking at my excel file I realised there was something I forgot to cover last time. Oops. It wasn’t changes to the text so it’s not too bad … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 2
On to chapters three and four this week. We’ll meet Jo-Jo/Joe now that should be interesting! The previous instalment can be read here. My own copy of the book is a 1955 8th impression and the modern copy I’m comparing it … Continue reading
The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 22
Chapter twenty-two: A way out “How did you find this out, Philip?” asked Bill sternly, feeling very proud of the boy. “I followed them, right over here, and kept as close to them as possible so I could hear what … Continue reading
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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?
I finished comparing The Secret Island a few weeks ago and have decided to do another Island based story, The Island of Adventure. I’m anticipating quite a lot of changes around the character of Jo-Jo/Joe and I’m quite looking forward to seeing just … Continue reading
The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 21
Chapter twenty-one A great surprise for the children Before Lucy-Ann had any time to think this over she was pushed, roughly, by Stanley who was glowering over the two girls, his eyes twinkling with an evil glint in the torch … Continue reading
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The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 20
Chapter twenty: Prisoners in the hill Philip too, was waiting quietly, for goodness knows who to come along. Beaky was now safely in his pocket so that he would not need to bother about him when the enemies arrived. He … Continue reading
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The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 19
Chapter nineteen: Mostly about Beaky “Lou and Jo the smugglers?” asked Jack, curiously. “But they died years ago. On the night they tried to smuggle all that treasure out of The Forester and the marsh turned from sea land to … Continue reading
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The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 18
Chapter eighteen: Gurgle, gurgle The children began to feel hungry half way down the hill, and decided to have lunch there again. They hunted about for a shady tree and were soon sat eating a delicious meal of ham sandwiches, … Continue reading
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The Marsh of Adventure by Poppy, chapter 17
Chapter seventeen: Dinah has a plan “What is it, then, Dinah? Do tell us, we need to act quickly,” Philip said, sitting down again. Everyone else sat down too, eager to hear what Dinah had to say. “Right, well, we … Continue reading
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