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Mischief at St Rollo's
Originally published under the pseudonym "Mary Pollock."
Luckily for Michael and Janet, they soon settle in their new boarding school and start to have a lovely time getting up to all sorts of mischief with their new friends. But who is the mystery boy Hugh, and why does everyone avoid him?
Luckily for Michael and Janet, they soon settle in their new boarding school and start to have a lovely time getting up to all sorts of mischief with their new friends. But who is the mystery boy Hugh, and why does everyone avoid him?
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1943
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About the author
Enid Blyton
5,218 books6,349 followersSee also:
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, 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.
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, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, 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.
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, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
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August 31, 2017
Funny and Interesting!
October 27, 2019
Mischief at St Rollo's is never going to change the world. It's a typically Blytonian school story; new kids go to a school, thing happen, shenanigans, shenanigans, end of term, I can't wait to go back! It's not high literature nor is it quite the same as some of her better work in the Malory Towers books, for example. But what Mischief At St Rollo's is so fiercely utterly readable that sometimes I can't quite believe how Enid Blyton manages it.
Let me explain a little what I mean by that. Readability is, I think, something Blyton excels at. She is confident, brisk and blunt in her writing. She never uses two words when one will do. She hits her beats, she gives the briefest of characterisation to her characters, and she gets out of Dodge before they even know she's there. The first page, for example, is brilliant. We are introduced to Micheal and Janet. They don't want to go to boarding school (does anybody ever in Blyton land?), but their parents are being nice and sending them to a mixed school so they can stay together. Micheal and Janet decide to make the new school sit up a bit. And that's all done in half a page. Literally half a page. And that's Blyton, she goes straight for the narrative jugular and doesn't care less. We know nothing about the room they're in, what they look like or where they live; we know the important things: school, school, school. And when we're there, it's equally brisk. Everything is fine, everything is great, everything is not great! everything is sorted. Hurrah! See you next term!
I mean, it's awful on one level but it's brilliant on another. These are books that will make readers out of even the most reluctant individual - even if they don't want it. There's no choice and honestly? I rather love how brazen it all is. Enid gets the job done. And woe betide anybody who stands against her.
Let me explain a little what I mean by that. Readability is, I think, something Blyton excels at. She is confident, brisk and blunt in her writing. She never uses two words when one will do. She hits her beats, she gives the briefest of characterisation to her characters, and she gets out of Dodge before they even know she's there. The first page, for example, is brilliant. We are introduced to Micheal and Janet. They don't want to go to boarding school (does anybody ever in Blyton land?), but their parents are being nice and sending them to a mixed school so they can stay together. Micheal and Janet decide to make the new school sit up a bit. And that's all done in half a page. Literally half a page. And that's Blyton, she goes straight for the narrative jugular and doesn't care less. We know nothing about the room they're in, what they look like or where they live; we know the important things: school, school, school. And when we're there, it's equally brisk. Everything is fine, everything is great, everything is not great! everything is sorted. Hurrah! See you next term!
I mean, it's awful on one level but it's brilliant on another. These are books that will make readers out of even the most reluctant individual - even if they don't want it. There's no choice and honestly? I rather love how brazen it all is. Enid gets the job done. And woe betide anybody who stands against her.
January 31, 2022
Masih termasuk "program baca karya Enid Blyton yang terlewat radar saat kecil/remaja" :D
Yang satu ini stand-alone, dengan cerita tentang kakak beradik (Mike & Janet) pindah ke sekolah asrama, bertemu teman-teman baru dengan beragam karakter--yang pintar, yang jail dan suka ngisengin guru, dan yang jutek.
Formula cerita yang Blyton banget. Ada pesta tengah malam dan pesan moral tentang berkata jujur dan tidak mudah "judge a book by its cover"
Yang satu ini stand-alone, dengan cerita tentang kakak beradik (Mike & Janet) pindah ke sekolah asrama, bertemu teman-teman baru dengan beragam karakter--yang pintar, yang jail dan suka ngisengin guru, dan yang jutek.
Formula cerita yang Blyton banget. Ada pesta tengah malam dan pesan moral tentang berkata jujur dan tidak mudah "judge a book by its cover"
April 8, 2024
This book was initially published under a pseudonym (Mary Pollock), but through its style it is almost impossible not to notice that it really was penned by Enid Blyton.
Funny and human, it makes good reading for kids of school ages.
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon, 8th April 2024.
Funny and human, it makes good reading for kids of school ages.
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon, 8th April 2024.
May 30, 2019
A boarding school, classroom pranks, tuck boxes and a midnight. Pure escapism , and I now rather fancy a slice of cake with sardines and condensed milk.
September 26, 2021
The twins don't want to go to boarding school, but soon find themselves thoroughly enjoying themselves, if only it weren't for the sullen cheat Hugh who seems determined to spoil everyone's fun!!!!
December 2, 2022
Super fun read with great lessons to learn.
December 31, 2023
Only Enid Blyton could come up with a co-ed boarding school and not make it salacious - anyway pretty average and obvious fare from Blyton.
December 2, 2012
I love school stories, the more simplistic, the better. Enid was the master for me, with St Clare's. Malory Towers and the Naughtiest girls series opening my eyes to the wide world of school stories. Yes, I was that weird kid that wanted to go to boarding school when I was younger! I enjoyed these characters, especially poor misunderstood Hugh, and st Rollo's sounds like a jolly fine school!
July 2, 2010
Enid's formula for boarding school. But this one is a fast paced one.
January 24, 2015
3,5 to be exact
seru tapi usil meski endingnya patut diacungi jempol
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seru tapi usil meski endingnya patut diacungi jempol
https://b4u2bweird.wordpress.com/2015...
October 1, 2017
One of my favourites when I was little! :D
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