Tag Archives: W. Lindsay Cable

The Naughtiest Girl in the School: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? Part 3

Posted on November 15, 2019 by

You can find part one, chapters 1-4, here, and part two with chapters 5-8 here. I am comparing the 1944 5th reprint by George Newnes (which should be more or less identical to the true first edition) to a 2012 … Continue reading →

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The Naughtiest Girl in the School: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? Part 2

Posted on November 1, 2019 by

You can find part one, chapters 1-4, here. I am comparing the 1944 5th reprint by George Newnes (which should be more or less identical to the true first edition) to a 2012 edition by Hodder and Stoughton. CHAPTER V … Continue reading →

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The Naughtiest Girl in the School: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?

Posted on October 18, 2019 by

It has been more than two years since I’ve done a text comparison (I blame Brodie!) but I was in a branch library the other week and spotted a recent paperback of The Naughtiest Girl in the School. I thought … Continue reading →

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The St Clare’s covers through the years, 1940s – 1980s

Posted on July 20, 2019 by

Having already done The Famous Five, Adventure Series, Barney Mysteries, Malory Towers, the Secret Series and Mr Galliano’s Circus, I’m now going to tackle St Clare’s. There are six books in the St Clare’s Series (if you don’t include the … Continue reading →

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My childhood books, part 7

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

We’ve finally reached the final part of this series, and the last of the books I had as a child. Those were The Secret of Cliff Castle, Smuggler Ben, The Boy Next Door, The Treasure Hunters and The Children of Green Meadows. THE … Continue reading →

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