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The Mysteries Collection Volume 4
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752 pages, Paperback
First published May 6, 2013
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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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May 25, 2021
Mystery of the Strange Bundle: I liked the book because Fatty's voices and Goon's reaction to them are absolutely hilarious, and made me laugh out loud. From the series, I wouldn't say this is one of my favorite books. It's an okay read, the "bundle" comes into the picture quite late in the story, and well, the mystery doesn't really feel "mysterious" most of the time. But it was fun.
Mystery of Holly Lane: I like that the five are kind of like rescuers of the innocent, and in this mystery too, they are at it! Some danger is definitely there, and I don't really like part of Mr Goon's character in this book. It's not nice to see, and reading the part with Fatty and Bert was fun because of it. I liked Henri, and Superintendent Jenks (now having got a promotion) is there at the end again. Not surprising, given Goon seems like a buffoon in this mystery most of the time!
Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage: I quite liked this book. It's a mystery that begins from the railway station in the first chapter and kind of develops from there on! The twist is a fun one, the children up against Goon goes from five to eight with Ern, Liz and Glad, and the situation ol' Goon finds himself in this time is comical too. Good thing the five have friends in high places who trust them to solve mysteries, eh?
Mystery of Holly Lane: I like that the five are kind of like rescuers of the innocent, and in this mystery too, they are at it! Some danger is definitely there, and I don't really like part of Mr Goon's character in this book. It's not nice to see, and reading the part with Fatty and Bert was fun because of it. I liked Henri, and Superintendent Jenks (now having got a promotion) is there at the end again. Not surprising, given Goon seems like a buffoon in this mystery most of the time!
Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage: I quite liked this book. It's a mystery that begins from the railway station in the first chapter and kind of develops from there on! The twist is a fun one, the children up against Goon goes from five to eight with Ern, Liz and Glad, and the situation ol' Goon finds himself in this time is comical too. Good thing the five have friends in high places who trust them to solve mysteries, eh?
May 11, 2021
It's A must read book. An incredible book to Incredibelity !
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