Tag Archives: The Famous Five

The Missing Papers: A St Andrew’s Adventure, chapter 10

Posted on January 19, 2014 by pippastef

I hope you enjoy this as much as the last couple of chapters. Don’t forget if you want to catch up, click the tag “The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure” at the bottom of this post for more chapters! … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Fiona

Having read chapters seven and eight a line at a time I can now say I found thirteen changes between them (again, not including random adding and removing of hyphens or I’d be here for a week.) Apologies in advance, … Continue reading →

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How to make canvas wall art

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Fiona

I got crafty again last year and made Stef another Christmas present, another Famous Five themed one. It wasn’t actually what I had originally intended to do, but I hadn’t been able to find an important component of my original … Continue reading →

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World of Blyton Exclusive Interview with JEMIMA ROOPER

Posted on January 8, 2014 by worldofblyton

We’ve had this lurking in our drafts for a little while, and we’ve been so excited it was hard to keep it a secret. But finally, to make that first week back at work more bearable, here is our exclusive … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 3

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Fiona

Continuing with Five on a Treasure Island, I’ve looked at chapters five and six. It appears that as the excitement and action starts in the story, the editor’s pen has started to fall more heavily. In chapters five and six, … Continue reading →

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Five Run Away Together

Posted on December 22, 2013 by pippastef

I recently had a conversation about this particular Enid Blyton novel and an interpretation of the story. In the past people have suggested that the Famous Five behaved appallingly towards the Sticks and their dog; however last week the person … Continue reading →

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Corinna’s Famous Five Pick’n’Mix Reflections: Five Go to Billycock Hill

Posted on December 11, 2013 by worldofblyton

As one of the blog’s regular commenters Nigel pointed out, these are not really reviews but more personal reflections.  Fiona has written good Famous Five reviews and I don’t feel any need to replicate or try to compete with them! … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Fiona

Something that comes up again and again in discussions about Blyton’s books is the issue of updating. Some readers say that word as if it were a dirty thing, others say it positively. I’m in between really, I prefer to read … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five 90s Series: Some (Funny) Captions

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Fiona

It’s not what I promised for this week but circumstances (ie me not feeling well,) have led me to throw this together quickly. I’d like to say there’s a story behind these captions, but other than “Stef and I were … Continue reading →

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Five Go Off To Camp by Corinna

Posted on November 6, 2013 by worldofblyton

The first of my Famous Five “pick’n’mix” reviews! I had the idea of reading through all the Famous Fives again, in order, but as I sat there looking into one of my boxes of books, I felt like I just … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five 70s Collector’s Edition DVD

Posted on October 20, 2013 by pippastef

When it was announced to be finally hitting the shelves in August of 2012, the fans of the 1970s TV series went into squeals of delight. Many couldn’t wait to get their hands on this box set, which promised to included … Continue reading →

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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 3

Posted on September 29, 2013 by pippastef

Chapters one and two can be found by clicking on the links. I’m sorry for the longer than usual chapter chunk, but I couldn’t find a good place to stop it before there! Enjoy!   Chapter 3 Darrell and Sally … Continue reading →

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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 2

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Fiona

Determined not to keep you waiting a long time between chapters, I’m letting all of you lovely readers have a look at chapter two of The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure. Chapter one can be found here I do … Continue reading →

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The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure, chapter 1

Posted on September 1, 2013 by pippastef

OK we we’re having a bit of a party at World of Blyton this week, having reached 200 posts and all, and as blog post 203, I’m going to treat you to the first chapter of my completed fan fiction … Continue reading →

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Corinna’s Confession: Five on a Treasure Island

Posted on August 28, 2013 by worldofblyton

I have a confession to make – I just bought my SIXTH copy of Five on a Treasure Island!  This might seem slightly barmy, but bear with me, and I’ll try to explain why. I think it makes sense to … Continue reading →

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Sunskriti’s Character Exploration: Dick of the Famous Five

Posted on August 21, 2013 by worldofblyton

I was wondering who to choose for my character exploration for August yesterday. Then I suddenly thought of Dick Kirrin, Julian’s little brother and one of the four children from the Famous Five. Dick has always been one of my … Continue reading →

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Timmy “Best Dog in the World”

Posted on August 18, 2013 by pippastef

Inspired by Sunskriti’s post a while back, I thought I would offer a different look at Timmy the dog. Warning: this post WILL include spoilers. Most people cite Timmy, and his mistress George, as their favourite characters from the Famous Five … Continue reading →

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Series Synopsis: The Famous Five short stories, part 2

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Fiona

Continuing with the final four short stories from Five Have a Puzzling Time and Other Stories. Five and a Half-term Adventure – 1956, Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual 3 Well Done, Famous Five! – 1956, Australian Weeties Strip Book When Timmy Chased … Continue reading →

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TV Series Comparison: Five on a Treasure Island

Posted on June 21, 2013 by pippastef

Author’s note: I’m sorry not to be able to bring you a blog from our fabulous Blyton weekend as promised on Monday, but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to write it, and certainly not well. So here’s … Continue reading →

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Series Synopsis: The Famous Five short stories, part 1

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Fiona

Following on (sort of) from looking at the 21 Famous Five books, I thought I should look out at the short stories featuring the Five as well. There are eight stories, all written during the years the full length books … Continue reading →

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