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Monday #434

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Fiona

We have just had a week of glorious weather in Scotland – possibly our one and only week like that! It’s forecast to be over 20 degrees today as well, but with rain later and rain through the rest of … Continue reading →

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The Naughtiest Girl in the School: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? Part 6

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Fiona

There are only four chapters left so this should be the final part! Part one looked at chapters 1-4, part 2 chapters 5-8 here, part 3 chapters 9-12, part 4 chapters 13-16 and part 5 was chapters 17-20. I am … Continue reading →

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The Naughtiest Girl in the School: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? Part 5

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Fiona

Part one looked at chapters 1-4, part 2 chapters 5-8 here, part 3 chapters 9-12 and part 4 was chapters 13-16. I am comparing the 1944 5th reprint by George Newnes (which should be more or less identical to the … Continue reading →

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The Naughtiest Girl in the School: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? Part 4

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Fiona

You can find part one, chapters 1-4, here, part two with chapters 5-8 here and part 3 which has chapters 9-12 here. I am comparing the 1944 5th reprint by George Newnes (which should be more or less identical to … Continue reading →

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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 Fiona

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 Fiona

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 Fiona

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 Fiona

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 Fiona

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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