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Claudine at St Clare's
La escuela no será lo mismo hasta que Pat regrese, pero nadie puede aburrirse en Santa Clara. Con Kitty, una alocada irlandesa, y Amanda, una alumna nueva muy simpática, llegarán la diversión... y las complicaciones.
150 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1944
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Enid Blyton
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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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October 20, 2019
This is the best book of the entire St Clare's series, in my opinion. Mam'zelle's niece, Claudine, enters St Clare's because she was unhappy with her previous strict convent school - much as the school was unhappy with her. You can see where this is headed! Claudine comes, an irrepressible teenager, full of fun and complete lack of inhibition, which is a refreshing change from the hard-boiled and snotty British kids.
Claudine immediately makes friends and becomes one of the gang. Blyton's xenophobia shows through with everyone talking about the 'English sense of honour', of which Claudine apparently has no idea. Also, in typical Enid fashion, the French girl has no interest in sports at all. But in the end, this high-spirited French girl shows that her sense of honour and adventure is worth much more than the staid girls of St Clare's could even imagine.
Also introduced in this book is the Honourable Angela Favorleigh. A snooty, snobbish, aristocrat, Angela is also beautiful and dumb. Ah, what would we do without these stereotypes? Constantly at war with the other new girl, Pauline, who also boasts of wealth, the two keep the class amused with their extravagant tales. Both also look down upon the fourth newcomer, Eileen. And this is where this book really gets interesting, beyond the usual Enid school porn.
Eileen is the new Matron's daughter. The old one is sick and Eileen and her mother have made their home at St Clare's. Unfortunately, Eileen has problems. As do the girls. The new matron is unpleasant and targets girls who don't get along with her daughter. Eileen is both a sympathetic and antagonistic character. Her sneaking to her mother about the rest of the class annoys them intensely, but at the same time, we also see that Eileen is a scared teenager, trying to figure things out with the help of her brother.
I like everything about this book, but the Claudine scenes were par excellence!
Claudine immediately makes friends and becomes one of the gang. Blyton's xenophobia shows through with everyone talking about the 'English sense of honour', of which Claudine apparently has no idea. Also, in typical Enid fashion, the French girl has no interest in sports at all. But in the end, this high-spirited French girl shows that her sense of honour and adventure is worth much more than the staid girls of St Clare's could even imagine.
Also introduced in this book is the Honourable Angela Favorleigh. A snooty, snobbish, aristocrat, Angela is also beautiful and dumb. Ah, what would we do without these stereotypes? Constantly at war with the other new girl, Pauline, who also boasts of wealth, the two keep the class amused with their extravagant tales. Both also look down upon the fourth newcomer, Eileen. And this is where this book really gets interesting, beyond the usual Enid school porn.
Eileen is the new Matron's daughter. The old one is sick and Eileen and her mother have made their home at St Clare's. Unfortunately, Eileen has problems. As do the girls. The new matron is unpleasant and targets girls who don't get along with her daughter. Eileen is both a sympathetic and antagonistic character. Her sneaking to her mother about the rest of the class annoys them intensely, but at the same time, we also see that Eileen is a scared teenager, trying to figure things out with the help of her brother.
I like everything about this book, but the Claudine scenes were par excellence!
January 7, 2021
Although like with all of Enid Blyton's St. Clare's novels (and very likely with ALL of the author’s school stories), there is indeed rather much typecasting presented (and with Claudine, with Mamzelle's niece, also ethnic and cultural based one-sidedness and stereotyping), nevertheless Claudine at St. Clare's actually and also shows (in my humble opinion, at least) some of the most nuanced and best characterisations of the series thus far (well, at least with regard to some even if not actually for all of the featured story characters).
For while Claudine for example is depicted by Enid Blyton as somehow being "typically French" and as such also with a supposedly underdeveloped sense of honour and integrity, still her often to be considered and approached as outrageous behaviour also does always seem to occur for very good and even necessary, to be lauded reasons (such as with justification punishing Angela's arrogantly offensive uppity mother by jumping in the pool and drenching her, or protecting the fourth form's midnight feast by locking Matron in a closet). And yes she is, Claudine is, equally always being depicted by Enid Blyton as someone whom you somehow cannot help but like and appreciate (even when she is acting and behaving totally inappropriately and callously).
Also and certainly, even with the negative and offensive characters inhabiting the pages of Claudine at St. Clare's, I personally (and appreciatively) have found all of them both interesting and even described by Enid Blyton with understanding and in fact considerable empathy (how, say, both Eileen and Angela's negative behaviours and peccadilloes have kind of been dictated by their oh so horrible in every way mothers, that Pauline's annoying and tedious boasting is due to her inferiority complex because she cannot handle that her family is poor and finally and of course very much essentially that material wealth and physical attractiveness do not and will never automatically mean that one is noble and honourable on the inside, with regard to one's soul and personality).
A fun (even if still rather predictable) reading experience is Claudine at St. Clare's and as such to and for me also a more than adequate and solid St. Clare's series offering with a high three star ranking, but no, not yet a four star rating for Claudine at St. Clare's, as while I have certainly enjoyed Enid Blyton focussing on Claudine, Angela, Eileen and Pauline, I also do find it rather frustrating and a trifle annoying that in Claudine at St. Clare's the majority of the regularly and always appearing St. Clare's girls (such as Bobby, Janet, Hilary, the O'Sullivan twins etc.) have been given rather short shrift so to speak, have been rendered by Enid Blyton as rather flat and pretty annoyingly cardboard thin.
For while Claudine for example is depicted by Enid Blyton as somehow being "typically French" and as such also with a supposedly underdeveloped sense of honour and integrity, still her often to be considered and approached as outrageous behaviour also does always seem to occur for very good and even necessary, to be lauded reasons (such as with justification punishing Angela's arrogantly offensive uppity mother by jumping in the pool and drenching her, or protecting the fourth form's midnight feast by locking Matron in a closet). And yes she is, Claudine is, equally always being depicted by Enid Blyton as someone whom you somehow cannot help but like and appreciate (even when she is acting and behaving totally inappropriately and callously).
Also and certainly, even with the negative and offensive characters inhabiting the pages of Claudine at St. Clare's, I personally (and appreciatively) have found all of them both interesting and even described by Enid Blyton with understanding and in fact considerable empathy (how, say, both Eileen and Angela's negative behaviours and peccadilloes have kind of been dictated by their oh so horrible in every way mothers, that Pauline's annoying and tedious boasting is due to her inferiority complex because she cannot handle that her family is poor and finally and of course very much essentially that material wealth and physical attractiveness do not and will never automatically mean that one is noble and honourable on the inside, with regard to one's soul and personality).
A fun (even if still rather predictable) reading experience is Claudine at St. Clare's and as such to and for me also a more than adequate and solid St. Clare's series offering with a high three star ranking, but no, not yet a four star rating for Claudine at St. Clare's, as while I have certainly enjoyed Enid Blyton focussing on Claudine, Angela, Eileen and Pauline, I also do find it rather frustrating and a trifle annoying that in Claudine at St. Clare's the majority of the regularly and always appearing St. Clare's girls (such as Bobby, Janet, Hilary, the O'Sullivan twins etc.) have been given rather short shrift so to speak, have been rendered by Enid Blyton as rather flat and pretty annoyingly cardboard thin.
October 3, 2023
“Well,” said the soft voice of Gladys, who rarely butted in on any conversation of this sort,
“well, I don’t care if my mother wears her very oldest clothes, I don’t care if she’s got a ladder
in her stockings, I don’t care if she’s hasn’t even powdered her nose—so long as my mother
comes to see me and I can be with her for a few hours, she can be the untidiest, ugliest,
poorest-dressed there—but I shall still be proud of her, and think she’s the best of all!”
Es ist mal wieder passiert – ich hatte keine Bookbeat-Hörbuchstunden mehr und gleichzeitig war noch so viel Monat übrig. Deshalb habe ich auf YouTube nach Hörbüchern gestöbert und festgestellt, dass die Hanni-und-Nanni-Originale wieder verfügbar sind.
Claudine at St. Clare’s hat mir als Kind schon immer gut gefallen und jetzt als Erwachsene kann ich auch erklären, warum. Das erste Mal in der ganzen Reihe sind die Charaktere nicht nur eindimensional und oberflächlich, sondern vielschichtig und interessant. Figuren sind nicht mehr nur gut und schlecht, sondern haben positive wie negative Eigenschaften. Die neu eingeführten Charaktere sind allesamt gut ausgearbeitet und spannend. Vor allem Claudine – ich liebe sie!
Mein einziges Manko ist, dass wir durch die Erzählstränge um die neuen Mädchen so wenig Zeit mit den altbekannten Charakteren verbringen. Hanni und Nanni selbst nehmen eine Randrolle ein, auch Jenny, Carlotta, Bobby und Hilda tragen wenig zur Handlung bei. Am ehesten steht noch Elli (im englischen Allison), die Cousine der Zwillinge im Fokus.
Insgesamt aber eher ein kleiner Wehmutstropfen, es war trotzdem ein nostalgisch-schönes und unterhaltsames Hörbuch.
“well, I don’t care if my mother wears her very oldest clothes, I don’t care if she’s got a ladder
in her stockings, I don’t care if she’s hasn’t even powdered her nose—so long as my mother
comes to see me and I can be with her for a few hours, she can be the untidiest, ugliest,
poorest-dressed there—but I shall still be proud of her, and think she’s the best of all!”
Es ist mal wieder passiert – ich hatte keine Bookbeat-Hörbuchstunden mehr und gleichzeitig war noch so viel Monat übrig. Deshalb habe ich auf YouTube nach Hörbüchern gestöbert und festgestellt, dass die Hanni-und-Nanni-Originale wieder verfügbar sind.
Claudine at St. Clare’s hat mir als Kind schon immer gut gefallen und jetzt als Erwachsene kann ich auch erklären, warum. Das erste Mal in der ganzen Reihe sind die Charaktere nicht nur eindimensional und oberflächlich, sondern vielschichtig und interessant. Figuren sind nicht mehr nur gut und schlecht, sondern haben positive wie negative Eigenschaften. Die neu eingeführten Charaktere sind allesamt gut ausgearbeitet und spannend. Vor allem Claudine – ich liebe sie!
Mein einziges Manko ist, dass wir durch die Erzählstränge um die neuen Mädchen so wenig Zeit mit den altbekannten Charakteren verbringen. Hanni und Nanni selbst nehmen eine Randrolle ein, auch Jenny, Carlotta, Bobby und Hilda tragen wenig zur Handlung bei. Am ehesten steht noch Elli (im englischen Allison), die Cousine der Zwillinge im Fokus.
Insgesamt aber eher ein kleiner Wehmutstropfen, es war trotzdem ein nostalgisch-schönes und unterhaltsames Hörbuch.
December 23, 2024
This book was so witty and funny, I enoyed every single part of the book! The story is about a French girl named Claudine, that arrives at St Clare's after recovering from "the measle", and how Angela who is spiteful and ungrateful, forever complaining about everything, changes in the end. For me, this book meant to teach you something, whether you're like Angela, you can always change if you really want to and put your mind to it. When Claudine arrives at St Clare's all the fun and the excitement is about to begin, Claudine is a smart, loyal and kind person, but generally also has a great sense of humor!
And personally I think I enjoyed the St Clare's series more than the Malory Towers series...Just a personal taste.
This book is one of my top favorite comfort books, It's one of those novels that you can't lay down, but read and read until you realise you're already more than halfway through:))
And personally I think I enjoyed the St Clare's series more than the Malory Towers series...Just a personal taste.
This book is one of my top favorite comfort books, It's one of those novels that you can't lay down, but read and read until you realise you're already more than halfway through:))
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June 11, 2021I loved this series, it’s one of my childhood favourites. This was one of the first books I read set in a boarding school, and this series holds a special place in my heart. Would highly recommend it, it’s a fun read. ❤️
May 17, 2010
The fact that I enjoyed this almost as much at 25 as I did at 13 says a lot about the skills of Enid Blyton. Of course to a modern audience the girls can seem a tad xenophobic and class-conscious, but I'm not one to judge them for being a product of their time. It's still a genuinely funny and engaging read.
January 22, 2018
Fun memories to re-read an old childhood favourite. While the book is a little dated and very British, I still enjoyed it. Blyton always has her boarding school characters developing and improving especially in their values.
April 18, 2020
Books for children and young adults are so entertaining with different set of problems and frisky minds always working up their sleeves! Even though at that age, those seemingly trivial problems look big, with big insecurities, hidden complexes, and sometimes impulsive behavior with big outcomes, but that is also the period of learning from mistakes, of growth, of first experiences at every step. It was entertaining to read how some girls at St Clare’s grow as character and how others around them maturely handles everything as the story progresses. Altogether a fun read! Enjoyed it!
December 31, 2024
Another down to 2*'s. It's like these books were rehashes. They're the same plot lines over and over. She had obviously learned a lot by the time she wrote Malory Towers.
March 23, 2022
Claudine the French girl really makes the whole term exciting! Plus there's A LOT happening this summer, a lot more than usual. Alison's character development too, please stay true!
November 22, 2023
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December 29, 2018
3.5 stars. There were more depths to the plot and characterisation and I rather liked Claudine (because she is a bit like Dahl’s Matilda, one of my favourite fictional characters of all time, though nowhere near as deep, but gosh I must say just as witty). More complex than the previous books in the series with some thought-provoking explorations on fundamental and universal themes such as love and friendship, as the author had shown more instead of merely telling the reader what to think and feel. Quite an engaging read indeed, with a couple of great lessons to learn. However, it was still a bit melodramatic to my taste – particularly and especially to that of my younger self, who had felt angry and depressed because I couldn’t fit in to the culture, politics and melodrama of my school life in the past. Painful to read at times because it was too close to home, or rather, school, where I spent the unhappiest years of my life. Nevertheless, I must admit that I found this book fun and entertaining to read – in fact just what I needed in my process of recovering from a fever. It was also lovely to relive how I survived school, graduated from uni (where I spent the happiest and so far the most fulfilling years of my life) and how all that happened enabled me now to work towards realising my dream
Yay! I survived school, and that certainly was an accomplishment, as the round peg managed to survive the fierce trap of the square hole (pun intended). This book, with its comical and lighthearted drama, served as a good reminder of all that life is, and isn’t
Yay! I survived school, and that certainly was an accomplishment, as the round peg managed to survive the fierce trap of the square hole (pun intended). This book, with its comical and lighthearted drama, served as a good reminder of all that life is, and isn’t
February 12, 2025
One of my childhood favourites, fifth in the 'St Clare's' series about a boarding school for girls. Old-fashioned, of course. The dialogue seems stilted, full of ‘I say!’ and ‘Look here!’ Situations are typecast (a stinkbomb ‘trick’, a midnight feast, a bit of tale-bearing…) and most of the characters are caricatured.
But I enjoyed re-reading it, realising that many moral issues are covered without preaching. Many of my values were formed in part thanks to Enid Blyton; I have a deep-rooted dislike of snobbery and cliquishness, and a horror of cheating. The shallow but good-natured Alison learns something valuable in this book, and it’s a lesson which I hope would still translate to 21st century readers.
This book was originally intended for girls of about 9-12; the main characters in the series are around fourteen in the first book, ‘The Twins of St Clare’s’ (which I also re-read recently) so they must be about sixteen in this one. They seem a lot younger than today’s sixteen-year-olds, and naive in many ways. I don’t think that’s a bad thing in itself, but it means the book is more likely to appeal to younger children, perhaps about 8-10.
Three and a half stars, really.
Longer review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/...
But I enjoyed re-reading it, realising that many moral issues are covered without preaching. Many of my values were formed in part thanks to Enid Blyton; I have a deep-rooted dislike of snobbery and cliquishness, and a horror of cheating. The shallow but good-natured Alison learns something valuable in this book, and it’s a lesson which I hope would still translate to 21st century readers.
This book was originally intended for girls of about 9-12; the main characters in the series are around fourteen in the first book, ‘The Twins of St Clare’s’ (which I also re-read recently) so they must be about sixteen in this one. They seem a lot younger than today’s sixteen-year-olds, and naive in many ways. I don’t think that’s a bad thing in itself, but it means the book is more likely to appeal to younger children, perhaps about 8-10.
Three and a half stars, really.
Longer review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/...
August 16, 2018
انید ماری بلایتون (زادهٔ ۱۱ اوت ۱۸۹۷ در دولویچ شرقی، لندن – درگذشتهٔ ۲۸ نوامبر ۱۹۶۸ در همپستید، لندن) از نویسندگان محبوب ادبیات کودک و نوجوان اهل انگلستان است که شماری از داستانهایش را با نام مری پولاک نوشتهاست.
زندگی
انید بلایتون در ۱۱ اوت ۱۸۷۹ به دنیا آمد.
انید پس از پایان تحصیلاتش معلم شد اما در اوقات فراغتش داستان مینوشت و شعر میسرود.
او از سال ۱۹۵۹ به سبب بیماری فعالیتهای ادبیاش را کم کرد و پس از آن نیز کمکم نوشتن مجموعه داستانهایش را کنار گذاشت. این نویسندهٔ پرکار در سالهای پایانی زندگی، حافظهاش را از دست داد.
در نهایت، انید بلایتون در سال ۱۹۶۸ از دنیا رفت. او در زمان مرگش یکی از سه نویسندهای بود که آثارشان به بیشترین زبانها ترجمه شده بود و کار ترجمه و انتشار این آثار پس از مرگش هم ادامه یافتهاست.
فعالیت ادبی
نخستین اثر او مجموعه شعری بود که در سال ۱۹۲۲ منتشر شد و بعد از انتشار این کتاب بود که او کار نوشتن را جدی گرفت.
کارهای بعدی بلایتون بازنویسی قصههای فلکلور و بعدها داستاننویسی بود و پس از گذشت سالها به یکی از پرکارترین داستاننویسان انگلیس بدل شد؛ به طوری که گفته میشود در سالهای ابتدایی دههٔ ۱۹۵۰، هر ساله به طور متوسط ۵۰ عنوان از کتابهایش منتشر میشد. داستانهای بلایتون به حدود ۹۰ زبان ترجمه شده و کودکان و نوجوانان جهان بیش از ۶۰۰ میلیون نسخه از آثارش را خواندهاند.
یکی از ویژگیهای آثار انید بلایتون این است که قهرمانان کودک و نوجوان داستانهایش با کمترین کمک از سوی بزرگسالان به ماجراجویی میپردازند و افرادی شایسته و متکی به خود به شمار میروند. تخیل یکی دیگر از ویژگیهای داستانهای بلایتون است.
آثار
برخی از موفقترین آثار بلایتون عبارتند از:
پنج دنبالگرد (به انگلیسی: The Five Find-Outers) همچنین مشهور است به مجموعهٔ اسرار انید بلایتون (به انگلیسی: Enid Blyton's Mystery series)
مجموعهٔ پنج مشهور (به انگلیسی: The Famous Five series)
مجموعهٔ ماجرا (به انگلیسی: The Adventure series)
کتابهای نادی (به انگلیسی: The Noddy books)
مجموعهٔ هفت رازدار (به انگلیسی: The Secret Seven series)
مجموعهٔ برجهای مالوری (به انگلیسی: The Malory Towers series)
مجموعهٔ سنتکلر (به انگلیسی: The St. Clare's series)
مجموعهٔ صندلی آرزوها (به انگلیسی: The Wishing-Chair series)
مجموعهٔ درخت جادوی خیلیدور (به انگلیسی: The Magic Faraway Tree series)
مجموعهٔ اسرار بارنی (به انگلیسی: The Barney Mystery series)
مجموعهٔ سیرک (به انگلیسی: The Circus series)
مجموعهٔ مزرعهٔ میستلتو (به انگلیسی: The Mistletoe Farm series)
مجموعهٔ شیطونترین دختر (به انگلیسی: The Naughtiest Girl series)
مجموعهٔ ماجراجویان جوان (به انگلیسی: The Young Adventurers Series)
مجموعهٔ چهار ماجراجو (به انگلیسی: The Adventurous Four Series)
مجموعهٔ خانواده (به انگلیسی: The Family Series)
مجموعهٔ ماجرای خانواده (به انگلیسی: The Family Adventure Series)
مجموعهٔ راز (به انگلیسی: The Secret Series)
کتاب داستان قرمز (به انگلیسی: The Red Story Book)
کتاب داستان سبز (به انگلیسی: The Green Story Book)
کتاب داستان آبی (به انگلیسی: The Blue Story Book)
داستانهای وقتخواب (به انگلیسی: Bedtime Stories)
زندگی
انید بلایتون در ۱۱ اوت ۱۸۷۹ به دنیا آمد.
انید پس از پایان تحصیلاتش معلم شد اما در اوقات فراغتش داستان مینوشت و شعر میسرود.
او از سال ۱۹۵۹ به سبب بیماری فعالیتهای ادبیاش را کم کرد و پس از آن نیز کمکم نوشتن مجموعه داستانهایش را کنار گذاشت. این نویسندهٔ پرکار در سالهای پایانی زندگی، حافظهاش را از دست داد.
در نهایت، انید بلایتون در سال ۱۹۶۸ از دنیا رفت. او در زمان مرگش یکی از سه نویسندهای بود که آثارشان به بیشترین زبانها ترجمه شده بود و کار ترجمه و انتشار این آثار پس از مرگش هم ادامه یافتهاست.
فعالیت ادبی
نخستین اثر او مجموعه شعری بود که در سال ۱۹۲۲ منتشر شد و بعد از انتشار این کتاب بود که او کار نوشتن را جدی گرفت.
کارهای بعدی بلایتون بازنویسی قصههای فلکلور و بعدها داستاننویسی بود و پس از گذشت سالها به یکی از پرکارترین داستاننویسان انگلیس بدل شد؛ به طوری که گفته میشود در سالهای ابتدایی دههٔ ۱۹۵۰، هر ساله به طور متوسط ۵۰ عنوان از کتابهایش منتشر میشد. داستانهای بلایتون به حدود ۹۰ زبان ترجمه شده و کودکان و نوجوانان جهان بیش از ۶۰۰ میلیون نسخه از آثارش را خواندهاند.
یکی از ویژگیهای آثار انید بلایتون این است که قهرمانان کودک و نوجوان داستانهایش با کمترین کمک از سوی بزرگسالان به ماجراجویی میپردازند و افرادی شایسته و متکی به خود به شمار میروند. تخیل یکی دیگر از ویژگیهای داستانهای بلایتون است.
آثار
برخی از موفقترین آثار بلایتون عبارتند از:
پنج دنبالگرد (به انگلیسی: The Five Find-Outers) همچنین مشهور است به مجموعهٔ اسرار انید بلایتون (به انگلیسی: Enid Blyton's Mystery series)
مجموعهٔ پنج مشهور (به انگلیسی: The Famous Five series)
مجموعهٔ ماجرا (به انگلیسی: The Adventure series)
کتابهای نادی (به انگلیسی: The Noddy books)
مجموعهٔ هفت رازدار (به انگلیسی: The Secret Seven series)
مجموعهٔ برجهای مالوری (به انگلیسی: The Malory Towers series)
مجموعهٔ سنتکلر (به انگلیسی: The St. Clare's series)
مجموعهٔ صندلی آرزوها (به انگلیسی: The Wishing-Chair series)
مجموعهٔ درخت جادوی خیلیدور (به انگلیسی: The Magic Faraway Tree series)
مجموعهٔ اسرار بارنی (به انگلیسی: The Barney Mystery series)
مجموعهٔ سیرک (به انگلیسی: The Circus series)
مجموعهٔ مزرعهٔ میستلتو (به انگلیسی: The Mistletoe Farm series)
مجموعهٔ شیطونترین دختر (به انگلیسی: The Naughtiest Girl series)
مجموعهٔ ماجراجویان جوان (به انگلیسی: The Young Adventurers Series)
مجموعهٔ چهار ماجراجو (به انگلیسی: The Adventurous Four Series)
مجموعهٔ خانواده (به انگلیسی: The Family Series)
مجموعهٔ ماجرای خانواده (به انگلیسی: The Family Adventure Series)
مجموعهٔ راز (به انگلیسی: The Secret Series)
کتاب داستان قرمز (به انگلیسی: The Red Story Book)
کتاب داستان سبز (به انگلیسی: The Green Story Book)
کتاب داستان آبی (به انگلیسی: The Blue Story Book)
داستانهای وقتخواب (به انگلیسی: Bedtime Stories)
July 13, 2025
Now that I reread these books, I realize that these books talk a lot about honor, principles, right actions, owning up, courage to face difficulties. As a child, I imbibed these values through these books. I also see a lot that I don't agree with but the core values that Blyton writes about are something for folks to live by.
April 19, 2020
Loved the characters' and their arcs, even Angela was not so horrid and irredeemable. Claudine was a delight!
June 23, 2025
My goodness this one was interesting and a lot going on. A very chaotic time at St Clare's
July 25, 2024
Best Books ever😂😂😂♥️♥️♥️❤❤❤
September 9, 2024
I keep going back occasionally to Enid Blyton's boarding schools not just because they are a definite comfort read but also because they give me new perspectives on children as an adult, and helps me relate to challenges my daughter may face or be facing at school. For, it is undeniable that, however less we may like it, there is a lot of group-ism and mini-politics that get played out amongst children, and these books provide excellent views into them.
As an adult, I find the "good" children condescending and judgemental. There is also a distinct class separation you see that comes in this book and I enjoyed how these were handled. You had a rich arrogant girl who is forced to learn humbler ways, a poor girl who is insecure about her class and covers it up by boasting untruths and even keeping her mother away to retain her version. I thought these were handled extremely well, and the morals were conveyed very simply.
Alison emerges to me as the star of this book. How I would have liked a book completely from her perspective.. and a full-fledged novel about this girl's life :)
As an adult, I find the "good" children condescending and judgemental. There is also a distinct class separation you see that comes in this book and I enjoyed how these were handled. You had a rich arrogant girl who is forced to learn humbler ways, a poor girl who is insecure about her class and covers it up by boasting untruths and even keeping her mother away to retain her version. I thought these were handled extremely well, and the morals were conveyed very simply.
Alison emerges to me as the star of this book. How I would have liked a book completely from her perspective.. and a full-fledged novel about this girl's life :)
January 3, 2019
خب، از نظر من تقریبا همه کارهای انید بلایتون یه مشکل اساسی دارن، اون هم اینه که مخاطب رو خنگ فرض می کنه.
داستانی که ما می خونیم، راجع به بچه های شیش هفت ساله نیست، بلکه کلاس اولی ها که کوچکترین اعضای مدرسه ن، دست کم چهارده سال رو دارن و این نشون می ده که مثلا کلاس شیشمی ها، دیگه کم کم هجده نوزده ساله ان.
ولی چیزی که ما می خونیم و رفتارهایی که از شخصیت ها می بینیم، همون رفتارهای بچه های پنج ساله ست. رفتارها و توصیفات احمقانه ای که فقط از بچه های پیش از دبستان برمیاد. حتی عنوان بندی ها هم کودکانه ن: فرن بدجنس است!
فلانی دیوانه است!
فلانی مغز ندارد!
آخه این هم شد عنوان بندی؟
در آخر، این مجموعه بیشتر به درد وقتی می خوره که داری یه کتاب سنگین و حجیم می خونی و اون وسط می خوای برای تنوع یه چیز دیگه بخونی که ذهنت رو هم از داستان اون کتاب اصلی طولانیه، منحرف نکنه!
داستانی که ما می خونیم، راجع به بچه های شیش هفت ساله نیست، بلکه کلاس اولی ها که کوچکترین اعضای مدرسه ن، دست کم چهارده سال رو دارن و این نشون می ده که مثلا کلاس شیشمی ها، دیگه کم کم هجده نوزده ساله ان.
ولی چیزی که ما می خونیم و رفتارهایی که از شخصیت ها می بینیم، همون رفتارهای بچه های پنج ساله ست. رفتارها و توصیفات احمقانه ای که فقط از بچه های پیش از دبستان برمیاد. حتی عنوان بندی ها هم کودکانه ن: فرن بدجنس است!
فلانی دیوانه است!
فلانی مغز ندارد!
آخه این هم شد عنوان بندی؟
در آخر، این مجموعه بیشتر به درد وقتی می خوره که داری یه کتاب سنگین و حجیم می خونی و اون وسط می خوای برای تنوع یه چیز دیگه بخونی که ذهنت رو هم از داستان اون کتاب اصلی طولانیه، منحرف نکنه!
February 8, 2017
I really enjoyed this book! Ces'tie Abominable! I don't know if i said that right! I loved it i really like how Claudine was exactly like Mam'zelle!
July 21, 2025
best one of the series no competition. All the different storylines and character arcs were shockingly inspired for an Enid blyton book LOL.
May 10, 2024
Claudine was so 🔥🔥🔥
November 1, 2023
This is the fifth book in the series, the seventh if we count, as I do, the Pamela Cox continuation novels as worthy parts of the series. But this one was written by Enid Blyton herself.
The girls are now in the Fourth Form, but they still do not have the dignified behavior one would expect of senior girls. They still delight in playing jokes on Mam'zelle, midnight picnics and all the fun that St. Clare's can offer. They also have their internal dramas, mostly featuring the new girls. It's a pity that the regular cast doesn't get to shine more, but since they are at this point reliable and sensible girls, they are not as interesting as the new girls, always full of problems of all kinds.
Among the new girls, we get the title character, Claudine, who is Mam'zelle's niece. She is a carefree and spontaneous creature, who does and says the most outrageous things, but without any real malice in her. As sometimes happens in these books, she is a foreign girl who is rather stereotyped, but quite likable. Contrary to some commentators, I do not consider Blyton at all xenophobic. If anything, she is a bit provincial. If she had had the opportunity to know more people from all parts of the world, she would have seen they are not so different and exotic. Nevertheless, the unconventional Claudine is a delight, and always entertaining.
We also get a new girl who is ashamed of her family, another one who steals and tells tales, a pretty and spoiled rich girl, an unpleasant new matron... Miss Theobald really has a lot of work on her plate this season.
These books obviously are not Shakespeare, and they do not try to be, but I found the characterization in this one quite nuanced, with girls who do bad things out of quite understandable pressures and thoughts. And not just the new girls, but characters like Allison, who can be foolish and easily captivated by glamorous people, but also is sensitive and kind.
Always cheerful and eventful, these books are entertaining and quite good fun.
The girls are now in the Fourth Form, but they still do not have the dignified behavior one would expect of senior girls. They still delight in playing jokes on Mam'zelle, midnight picnics and all the fun that St. Clare's can offer. They also have their internal dramas, mostly featuring the new girls. It's a pity that the regular cast doesn't get to shine more, but since they are at this point reliable and sensible girls, they are not as interesting as the new girls, always full of problems of all kinds.
Among the new girls, we get the title character, Claudine, who is Mam'zelle's niece. She is a carefree and spontaneous creature, who does and says the most outrageous things, but without any real malice in her. As sometimes happens in these books, she is a foreign girl who is rather stereotyped, but quite likable. Contrary to some commentators, I do not consider Blyton at all xenophobic. If anything, she is a bit provincial. If she had had the opportunity to know more people from all parts of the world, she would have seen they are not so different and exotic. Nevertheless, the unconventional Claudine is a delight, and always entertaining.
We also get a new girl who is ashamed of her family, another one who steals and tells tales, a pretty and spoiled rich girl, an unpleasant new matron... Miss Theobald really has a lot of work on her plate this season.
These books obviously are not Shakespeare, and they do not try to be, but I found the characterization in this one quite nuanced, with girls who do bad things out of quite understandable pressures and thoughts. And not just the new girls, but characters like Allison, who can be foolish and easily captivated by glamorous people, but also is sensitive and kind.
Always cheerful and eventful, these books are entertaining and quite good fun.
June 22, 2020
"Janganlah kita menilai orang dari banyaknya uang atau harta yang dimiliki, melainkan dari wataknya."
Ramai sekali semester musim panas ini! Empat murid baru dengan tingkah yang ampun-ampunan. Ada Angela yang selalu memamerkan kekayaannya, Pauline yang tidak mau kalah dari Angela, Claudine－kemenakan Mamzelle－ yang seenaknya sendiri, dan Eileen－anak matron baru－ yang suka mengadu. Ada-ada saja kelakuan mereka yang membuat semester ini tak tertahankan, bahkan bagi kepala sekolah sendiri.
Alison masih belum berubah, masih suka mengagung-agungkan orang yang salah. Tapi di waktu-waktu tertentu hatinya bisa tergerak dan sepertinya kali ini dia akan benar-benar berubah.
Yang paling disayangkan, dan yang paling kasihan di sini, adalah Eileen. Keadaan memaksanya untuk mengadu pada ibunya dan tidak disukai teman-temannya. Gara-gara itu dia tidak diikutsertakan dalam piknik tengah malam.
Sepertinya pola di St. Clare's ini macam action－reaction, ya. Di mana perbuatan seseorang akan menjadi tolak ukur perlakuan orang lain terhadapnya. Juga mereka cenderung bertindak secara berkelompok. Mungkin karena mereka tinggal di internat juga. Jadi kalau ada anak yang berbuat jahat, anak sekelas akan 'menghukumnya', dan bila dia menunjukkan kemauan untuk berubah, mereka tidak akan enggan memberinya kesempatan. Yang agak disayangkan, terkadang mereka (dan kita juga) terlalu terburu-buru menilai seseorang hanya dari penampilan luar atau karakter yang diperlihatkannya. Padahal pasti selalu ada alasan di baliknya.
Jadi buku ini benar-benar asyik untuk dibaca, bahkan oleh orang dewasa sekalipun!
Ramai sekali semester musim panas ini! Empat murid baru dengan tingkah yang ampun-ampunan. Ada Angela yang selalu memamerkan kekayaannya, Pauline yang tidak mau kalah dari Angela, Claudine－kemenakan Mamzelle－ yang seenaknya sendiri, dan Eileen－anak matron baru－ yang suka mengadu. Ada-ada saja kelakuan mereka yang membuat semester ini tak tertahankan, bahkan bagi kepala sekolah sendiri.
Alison masih belum berubah, masih suka mengagung-agungkan orang yang salah. Tapi di waktu-waktu tertentu hatinya bisa tergerak dan sepertinya kali ini dia akan benar-benar berubah.
Yang paling disayangkan, dan yang paling kasihan di sini, adalah Eileen. Keadaan memaksanya untuk mengadu pada ibunya dan tidak disukai teman-temannya. Gara-gara itu dia tidak diikutsertakan dalam piknik tengah malam.
Sepertinya pola di St. Clare's ini macam action－reaction, ya. Di mana perbuatan seseorang akan menjadi tolak ukur perlakuan orang lain terhadapnya. Juga mereka cenderung bertindak secara berkelompok. Mungkin karena mereka tinggal di internat juga. Jadi kalau ada anak yang berbuat jahat, anak sekelas akan 'menghukumnya', dan bila dia menunjukkan kemauan untuk berubah, mereka tidak akan enggan memberinya kesempatan. Yang agak disayangkan, terkadang mereka (dan kita juga) terlalu terburu-buru menilai seseorang hanya dari penampilan luar atau karakter yang diperlihatkannya. Padahal pasti selalu ada alasan di baliknya.
Jadi buku ini benar-benar asyik untuk dibaca, bahkan oleh orang dewasa sekalipun!
April 25, 2023
⭐4/5
Pertama kali baca seri ini tuh pas SD, minjem di sepupu, dan aku kayak bisa ngerti deh kenapa yg dibeli loncat dari pertama lanjut ke seri kelima. Ternyata buku ini konfliknya banyak banget!
Aku bisa dibilang agak lupa sama isinya kayak gimana, jadi emang ini termasuk ke reread sih. Ada beberapa adegan yang aku lupa gimana pemecahan masalahnya. Bahkan aku sampe keliru sama konflik di seri yang lain (kayaknya di Malory Towers deh, eh atau di buku selanjutnya? haha) saking lupanya di part ituu.
Orang-orang baru yg muncul di sini juga paling rame dari semester-semester sebelumnya. Sifat-sifat mereka juga makin beraneka ragam.
Bisa dibilang, perbedaan kesan antara pas aku SD sama pas kuliah adalah kesanku ke Claudine sama Alison. Dulu aku nganggep Claudine tuh keren banget!! Tapi ternyata dia bengal juga, bahkan lebih daripada Bobby sama Janet. Atau dia nih lebih ke gabungan antara anak-anak jahil sama anak-anak manja di sana, alias bener-bener abu banget deh!
Kalo Alison, dulu baca seri St. Clare kan loncat ya, jadi gatau sama sifat babunya itu. Harusnya sih dia udah berubah ya di semester ini. Di buku selanjutnya mesti udah waras dong ya. Aku seneng banget Alison di seri inii.
Yah, secara garis besar, memang buku ke-5 seri St. Clare ini yang paling kompleks permasalahannya. Didukung juga sama usia dan derajat mereka yang lebih tinggi dan dewasa sekarang. Aku mengharapkan cerita yg lebih menarik lagi sih untuk buku selanjutnya, mumpung belum baca (seingetku belum sih) peace! ✌️
Pertama kali baca seri ini tuh pas SD, minjem di sepupu, dan aku kayak bisa ngerti deh kenapa yg dibeli loncat dari pertama lanjut ke seri kelima. Ternyata buku ini konfliknya banyak banget!
Aku bisa dibilang agak lupa sama isinya kayak gimana, jadi emang ini termasuk ke reread sih. Ada beberapa adegan yang aku lupa gimana pemecahan masalahnya. Bahkan aku sampe keliru sama konflik di seri yang lain (kayaknya di Malory Towers deh, eh atau di buku selanjutnya? haha) saking lupanya di part ituu.
Orang-orang baru yg muncul di sini juga paling rame dari semester-semester sebelumnya. Sifat-sifat mereka juga makin beraneka ragam.
Bisa dibilang, perbedaan kesan antara pas aku SD sama pas kuliah adalah kesanku ke Claudine sama Alison. Dulu aku nganggep Claudine tuh keren banget!! Tapi ternyata dia bengal juga, bahkan lebih daripada Bobby sama Janet. Atau dia nih lebih ke gabungan antara anak-anak jahil sama anak-anak manja di sana, alias bener-bener abu banget deh!
Kalo Alison, dulu baca seri St. Clare kan loncat ya, jadi gatau sama sifat babunya itu. Harusnya sih dia udah berubah ya di semester ini. Di buku selanjutnya mesti udah waras dong ya. Aku seneng banget Alison di seri inii.
Yah, secara garis besar, memang buku ke-5 seri St. Clare ini yang paling kompleks permasalahannya. Didukung juga sama usia dan derajat mereka yang lebih tinggi dan dewasa sekarang. Aku mengharapkan cerita yg lebih menarik lagi sih untuk buku selanjutnya, mumpung belum baca (seingetku belum sih) peace! ✌️
May 20, 2020
Sedikit bingung kenapa nama 'Claudine' dijadiin judul bukunya padahal dia cuma anak baru kayak biasanya. Ternyata dia cukup unik dibanding teman-teman lainnya dan memorable. Seperti biasa pola ceritanya sama, ada beberapa anak baru, anak-anak baru itu perilakunya buruk atau tidak sesuai dengan standar, mereka dapet masalah, pemecahan masalah, mereka berubah jadi anak-anak yang baik sesuai standar St Clare atau lebih tepatnya standar temen-temen sekelasnya. Disini pesan moralnya lebih ke orangtua yang mendidik anaknya sih, gimana buah jatuh tidak jauh dari pohonnya dimana bisa diliat di Ibu Angela dan Matron. Yah bisa dibaca sendiri. But i think the most heart warming story comes from Eileen and Edgar. I feel bad for them. Walaupun sifat Eileen gabisa dibilang baik juga. Yah intinya cerita ini cukup sedikit membuat emosi naik turun.
Berbicara mengenai karakter, mungkin tipikal anak umur segitu atau gimana tapi entah kenapa ga begitu suka Allison. Dia suka memuja, meniru atau mengekori orang-orang yang dia anggap menarik hingga di akhir cerita dia jadi sadar orang yg dia sukai ternyata ga bagus pengaruhnya. Tapi dibuku-buku selanjutnya dia tetep ngulangin sifatnya itu lagi. I don't think she has character development. Mungkin berkembang di buku ini tapi di buku lain tetep aja. But idk maybe in real life sometimes we can found that type of person.
Berbicara mengenai karakter, mungkin tipikal anak umur segitu atau gimana tapi entah kenapa ga begitu suka Allison. Dia suka memuja, meniru atau mengekori orang-orang yang dia anggap menarik hingga di akhir cerita dia jadi sadar orang yg dia sukai ternyata ga bagus pengaruhnya. Tapi dibuku-buku selanjutnya dia tetep ngulangin sifatnya itu lagi. I don't think she has character development. Mungkin berkembang di buku ini tapi di buku lain tetep aja. But idk maybe in real life sometimes we can found that type of person.
January 8, 2020
Alweer het vierde deel in deze reeks van zes (1 deeltje per kostschooljaar).
Enkele nieuwe meisjes, enkele meisjes met nieuwe problemen/verwikkelingen en veel verder bouwen op de vorige delen (en op de andere kostschoolseries van deze schrijfster).
De setting blijft beperkt op en rond het kostschoolgebouw en zijn terreinen. Dat beperkt uiteraard de mogelijkheid tot sceneverandering voor Enid Blyton maar verhoogt de vertrouwdheid en betrokkenheid voor de lezer.
Veel voorstellen komt er niet meer aan te pas, dus kan er meteen met de aktie en de verwikkelingen worden begonnen. Het blijft allemaal heel braaf en de meisjes zijn de goedheid zelve, zelfs die met een slecht karakter. Leraressen en direktie zijn erg begrijpend en meelevend en hebben de wijsheid in pacht. Maar toch, alhoewel echt wel verouderd, leest het verhaal makkelijk weg en verveelt niet, al is het eerst lezen van de vorige deeltjes wel een voordeel.
Enkele nieuwe meisjes, enkele meisjes met nieuwe problemen/verwikkelingen en veel verder bouwen op de vorige delen (en op de andere kostschoolseries van deze schrijfster).
De setting blijft beperkt op en rond het kostschoolgebouw en zijn terreinen. Dat beperkt uiteraard de mogelijkheid tot sceneverandering voor Enid Blyton maar verhoogt de vertrouwdheid en betrokkenheid voor de lezer.
Veel voorstellen komt er niet meer aan te pas, dus kan er meteen met de aktie en de verwikkelingen worden begonnen. Het blijft allemaal heel braaf en de meisjes zijn de goedheid zelve, zelfs die met een slecht karakter. Leraressen en direktie zijn erg begrijpend en meelevend en hebben de wijsheid in pacht. Maar toch, alhoewel echt wel verouderd, leest het verhaal makkelijk weg en verveelt niet, al is het eerst lezen van de vorige deeltjes wel een voordeel.
August 15, 2024
The Enid Blyton book is about five girls Alison, Angela, Pauline, Eileen, who are English and a French girl, Claudine at school in St. Clare's. They play Tennis , go swimming and have birthday parties, giving themselves presents. Eileen's mother is the Matron and Eddie her brother. When Eddie doesn't have a job, Eileen steals money, notepaper and stamps for her brother. The Headmistress Ms. Thiebold catches both Eileen and her mother, they are asked to leave the school. Eddie gets another job and provides for his family. Eileen learns typing to take up a job. The other four girls settle in their school life at the St. Clares.
March 13, 2025
Er waren ineens lockers in de common room?? Sinds wanneer?! Iedereen heeft een halve plank, niet een locker. Er was ook ineens een overhangende gallery tribune bij het zwembad (??), en iedereen mocht hun tuniek in een eigen kleur dragen terwijl ik zou zweren dat ze grijs zijn????
Kers op de taart was iedereen die verbaasd was over dat Mam'zelle een nichtje heeft, terwijl het einde van het vorige boek was dat ze naar een slideshow keken over haar familie.
Ik ben zo blij dat de boeken van Pamela klaar zijn, jemig.
Update: DIT BOEK IS NIET VAN PAMELA COX?????? HALLO???????????? Enid ohmygod wat is dit voor betrayal
Kers op de taart was iedereen die verbaasd was over dat Mam'zelle een nichtje heeft, terwijl het einde van het vorige boek was dat ze naar een slideshow keken over haar familie.
Ik ben zo blij dat de boeken van Pamela klaar zijn, jemig.
Update: DIT BOEK IS NIET VAN PAMELA COX?????? HALLO???????????? Enid ohmygod wat is dit voor betrayal
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