Enid Blyton





Enid Blyton

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born
August 11, 1897 in East Dulwich, South London, The United Kingdom

died
November 28, 1968

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Born in 1897 in South London, Enid Mary Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.

Enid Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories,...more


Average rating: 3.91 · 137,094 ratings · 3,289 reviews · 1,305 distinct works
The Magic Faraway Tree
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 4,978 ratings — published 1943 — 23 editions
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Five on a Treasure Island (...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 4,236 ratings — published 1942 — 43 editions
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The Enchanted Wood
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 3,377 ratings — published 1979 — 22 editions
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Five Run Away Together (Fam...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 3,072 ratings — published 1942 — 34 editions
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Five Go to Smuggler's Top (...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,122 ratings — published 1945 — 36 editions
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The Faraway Tree Stories
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 2,597 ratings — published 1939 — 10 editions
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First Term at Malory Towers...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 3,009 ratings — published 1941 — 17 editions
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Five Go Adventuring Again (...
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 2,805 ratings — published 164 — 15 editions
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Five on Kirrin Island Again...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 2,832 ratings — published 1905 — 29 editions
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Five Go Off in a Caravan (F...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 2,578 ratings — published 1946 — 25 editions
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More books by Enid Blyton…
Five on a Treasure Island Five Go Adventuring Again Five Run Away Together Five Go to Smuggler's Top Five Go Off in a Caravan Five on Kirrin Island Again Five Go Off to Camp
Famous Five (21 books)
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3.804221284159076 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 45,010 ratings
First Term at Malory Towers Second Form at Malory Towers Third Year at Malory Towers Upper Fourth at Malory Towers In the Fifth at Malory Towers Last Term at Malory Towers New Term at Malory Towers
Malory Towers (12 books)
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3.936601523683339 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 15,095 ratings
The Enchanted Wood The Magic Faraway Tree The Folk of the Faraway Tree
The Faraway Tree (3 books)
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4.249026071321547 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 10,011 ratings
The Secret Seven The Secret Seven Adventure Well Done Secret Seven Secret Seven on the Trail Go Ahead Secret Seven Good Work, Secret Seven Secret Seven Win Through
The Secret Seven (15 books)
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3.679523484034762 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 10,241 ratings
The Twins at St. Clare's The O'Sullivan Twins Summer Term at St. Clare's Second Form at St. Clare's Claudine at St. Clare's Fifth Formers of St. Clare's
St. Clare's (9 books)
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3.88415015641293 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 9,590 ratings
More series by Enid Blyton…
“leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something”
Enid Blyton, Five on a Hike Together

“I don't believe in things like that - fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It's old-fashioned.'
'Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,' said Bessie. 'Because we not only believe in the Faraway Tree and love our funny friends there, but we go to see them too - and we visit the lands at the top of the Tree as well!”
Enid Blyton, The Folk of the Faraway Tree

“Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!”
Enid Blyton, Six Cousins At Mistletoe Farm

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