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	Before J.K. Rowling There Was Enid Blyton
		Enid was born in 1897 in London, England.
		Her father was a creative man who dabbled in poetry, photography and painting, and when Enid began to get older and started spending most of her time reading, and then writing stories and poems of her own, she was encouraged by her father.
		Enid wrote from the point of view of a child, probably drawing on her own experiences when she was growing up, and her books encourage comradeship and honesty.
	www.rense.com /general70/Diot.htm (1072 words)

	Enid Blyton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, the eldest child of Thomas Carey Blyton (1870–1920), a salesman of cutlery, and his wife, Theresa Mary, née Harrison (1874–1950).
		In the mid-1930s Blyton experienced a spiritual crisis, but she decided against converting to Roman Catholicism from the Church of England because she had felt it was "too constricting." Although she rarely attended church services, she saw that her two daughters were baptised into the Anglican faith and went to the local Sunday School.
		Blyton's second marriage was very happy and, as far as her public was concerned, she moved smoothly into her role as a devoted doctor's wife, living with him and her two daughters at Green Hedges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enid_Blyton (2110 words)

	Enid Blyton
		Enid Blyton (August 11, 1896 - November 28, 1968) was a British children's author of Noddy[?], The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers[?], The Mystery Series[?], The Adventure Series[?], The Secret Seven, Malory Towers, The Magic Faraway Tree series[?], The Wishing-Chair series[?], and hundreds of other books for younger and older children.
		From a contemporary perspective, the books also have sometimes none-too-subtle reinforcement of Britain's class system, undoubtedly present are stereotypes of sexist behaviour, and some argue that the portrayal of golliwogs, amongst others, were racist.
		However, Blyton's books also managed to tap into the dreams of pre-pubertal children, offering worlds where children are free to play and explore without adult interference, more clearly than most authors before or since.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/en/Enid_Blyton.html (235 words)

	BBC Homeground - Enid Blyton: Her Story
		Enid Blyton is one of the most popular and well-known children's writers of all time.
		Enid Blyton's supporters say that she was more a product of her times than a sexist writer.
		Enid Blyton's literary legacy is immense - she has a staggering 10,000 stories and some 700 books to her credit.
	www.bbc.co.uk /homeground/archive/2003/enid-blyton.shtml (1021 words)

	Enid Blyton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Enid Blyton, author of more than 600 books for children, was born in South London on 11th August 1897.
		As a child Enid Blyton wrote poems, stories and plays, but only two poems were published before she left home in 1917 and these are now lost.
		Enid Blyton's first magazine for children was 'Sunny Stories' which she edited from 1926.
	webstuff.club24.co.uk /enid_blyton/eb_home.html (300 words)

	Isle of Purbeck - Enid Blyton
		Perhaps the fact that Enid was spending so much time with her father instead of learning to be the proverbial mother housekeeper which was pretty normal in those days.
		Enid and Kenneth seem to have made a point of swimming round what were 2 piers at the Peveril end of Swanage Bay.
		Enid Blyton’s hero predated James Bond by 8 years and was based on a real person that she had met at the Grosvenor Hotel in the early 1940s.
	www.isleofpurbeck.com /blyton.html (1990 words)

	Sunny Stories - Enid Blyton wins through
		Born in 1897, Blyton was a passionate, hot-tempered girl who adored her father and fought angrily against her mother, who did her best to turn her into a model turn-of-the-century girl.
		Blyton created a sunny façade to hide behind, maintaining the mask to the very end of her life.
		Blyton’s adulterous affairs, her bitter breakup and divorce, and her quick re-marriage did not rate one single mention, though Blyton continued to publish the weekly paper without a single hiccup.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~kforsyth/enid_blyton.htm (2564 words)

	Enid Blyton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Enid Blyton is one of the most successful children’s writers ever.
		Blyton books continue to attract new readers around the world: in The People’s Republic of China, the Beijing Publishing House has recently translated and published the 24-part series of original Noddy books, the first time Blyton has entered the Chinese market.
		Blyton was motivated by the desire to empower children with the joys and skills of reading and the discovery of the world around them.
	www.chorion.co.uk /chorion/brand/blyton (260 words)

	Blyton
		Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) was, and remains, one of the most popular of authors for children.
		Blyton first met Kenneth Waters, a surgeon, in 1941; Pollock was sent to the United States in June 1942 to advice on civil defence; He and Blyton were divorced in 1943, and she married Waters later that year.
		Blyton's complex character led her to forbid any contact between Hugh and his daughters; she moved quickly to change their surname from Pollock to Waters, and at this point he drops completely out of their lives.
	www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk /Blyton/blyton.htm (1626 words)

	Enid Blyton - Uncyclopedia
		Enid Blyton (1897-1968) was a well-loved and extremely efficient British children's author who wrote a huge number of novels with only a small number of ideas (which were in short supply due to rationing).
		As a baby, Enid Blyton was found abandoned inside a secret passage in an old disused railway tunnel.
		Blyton was an enormous fan of underground crevices, but she drew the line at trap-doors, considering them to be 'unsuitable for children'.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Enid_Blyton (844 words)

	Enid Blyton
		Enid Mary Blyton, one of the most successful writers of the 20th century was born London.
		Blyton herself remarked that she gave children what they wanted and if they could not find her books in libraries they would buy them.
		Blyton originally meant to write six books but things change...and the result was 21 books (the last one appeared in 1963).
	www.sweb.cz /smeagol/enid_blyton.htm (644 words)

	Enid Blyton The famous five
		Enid Blyton who was born in East Dulwich South London on the 11th August 1897, was probably the most successful British children's writer of her era.
		I suppose it was hardly her fault, as in the Blyton era there was quite a lot of sexism and racism without people even realising it.
		I only like the Blyton books that were printed in her era, it gives the books a nostalgic cosy Blyton feel to them, as I'm sure true Blyton fans will know only too well.
	www.enidblyton.org.uk (260 words)

	Tribuneindia... The fact File
		Enid became very close to her father and he always encouraged her to read.
		At the age of 14 when Enid began writing poetry, her mother declared it to be a waste of time.
		Enid continued writing enthusiastically, as her books were received all over the world.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99nov06/saturday/fact.htm (629 words)

	thestaticvoid: Was Enid Blyton a Servant of Satan?
		Ms Blyton, having been born in 1897 should have known, thus we can only assume that this was her intent all along – to have children uttering filthy words, all over the world in their bedrooms.
		By now it should be clear that Enid Blyton was a servant of Satan, and we should rid ourselves of her hate-mongering, purile writings.
		Despite Enid Blyton having to use a clunky typewriter, I’m sure she was faster than the 20.8 words-per-minute average you stated, probably more like 50-a-minute.
	thestaticvoid.net /drivel/201/was-enid-blyton-a-servant-of-satan (1145 words)

	Enid Blyton
		Her father, Thomas Carey Blyton, had many talents: he painted in water colours, wrote poetry, learned to play piano, taught himself foreign languages, and was a photographer.
		Blyton, who was trained as a kindergarten teacher at Ipswich High School, opened her own infants' school.
		In the mid-1930s Blyton experienced a spiritual crisis, but she decided not to convert to Roman Catholicism, because she had felt it was "too constricting".
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /eblyton.htm (1310 words)

	Enid Blyton
		Even Blyton's realistic detective stories are full of animals who can think and act like humans, and the stories bank on the perennial desire of children to be one-up over the grown-ups.
		But probably Blyton's trump-card was her inimitable descriptions of food -- especially sumptuous hig teas -- in a bucolic Edwardian countryside.
		Half-forgotten in the country of her origin, Blyton's works continue to be discussed and debated on radio programs in Germany, provide themes for Australian films, and get transformed into Bengali and Hindi comics in India.
	www.recess.ufl.edu /transcripts/2003/1118.shtml (427 words)

	Enid Blyton - Book & Reader Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I realise there was some controversy regarding Blyton in the 1960s when some of her themes were seen as racist (gollywogs), sexist (Anne in The Famous Five) and homoerotic (Noddy), but I thought those had largely been dismissed by now.
		Enid (Mary) Blyton (1897-1968) was a British writer who published over 600 children's or juvenile books in her 40-year career.
		Blyton was most famous for the Noddy in Toyland books for very young children and her mystery series, the Famous Five, the Secret Seven and the Adventurous Four.
	www.bookandreader.com /forums/showthread.php?t=8988 (1488 words)

	BBC - BBC Four - Audio Interviews - Enid Mary Blyton
		In 1924, Blyton devoted herself full time to writing and in 1926 began editing Sunny Stories, a children's magazine where much of her work appeared for the first time.
		From 1938-44, Blyton launched most of her major series, including The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, the Adventure series, the Mystery series and the St Clares series.
		However, Noddy became the main target when in the 1950s and 1960s Blyton began to be attacked by critics and librarians for the limited vocabulary, stereotyped characters and simplistic viewpoint of her books.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/blytone2.shtml (350 words)

	Enid Blyton - Lashings of information about the children's author
		I read Enid Blyton books when I was young too." I don't remember exactly which books she gave me, but I know some of them were Famous Five, and there were probably some Secret Seven in there too.
		I seem to have a natural interest in writing for children or young adults, and can't help thinking this is because of Enid Blyton and the influence she had on me when I was young.
		Enid Blyton, of course, is not within the sphere of this discussion.
	www.enidblyton.net /site-contributions.html (2416 words)

	Blyton Enid Mary - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blyton, Enid Mary (1897-1968), writer of children's books.
		Blyton was born in London and educated at a boarding school in Kent, after which she...
		Prime Ministers (quotations): Prime Ministers: She is the Enid Blyton…
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	Enid Blyton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Enid Blyton was probably the most successful British children's writer of the twentieth century.
		During World War II, when publishing was restricted, Blyton managed to get her works printed and ruled then in the field of juvenile literature.
		She went on to write a large number of books, probably exceeding six hundred, although Enid Blyton is probably best known for her series books.
	www.ricochet-jeunes.org /eng/biblio/author/blyton.html (456 words)

	IPM/Mercury - Enid Blyton
		Enid Blyton published over 600 children's books in her 40-year career.
		Enid Blyton was born in London as the eldest of three children.
		From her earliest childhood, Blyton had been schooled in the belief that she would eventually be a musician, but after her first poem was published, her career path was forever altered.
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	Enid Blyton - Lashings of information about the children's author
		Barbara Stoney's Biography of Enid Blyton, which has been out of print for several years, is shortly to be re-released in paperback form.
		Enid did write loads of short story "specials" that were featured in compilation books.
		The best place to check for her full story list is at the Enid Blyton Society website, which I also maintain.
	www.enidblyton.net (1301 words)

	Enid Blyton's illustrators - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The children's books of Enid Blyton were illustrated by a large number of artists, ranging from figures known for other work to humbler commercial artists, who in some cases were anonymous.
		Since the Blyton texts mainly used very simple language, the work of the illustrators was an important part of the appeal of many of the works.
		Pierre Probst (born 1913) is a French artist who collaborated intensely with Blyton for a few years in the 1950s, on a series of books for Collins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enid_Blyton's_illustrators (309 words)

	Carey and Enid Blyton MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the 1940’s Enid Blyton was at the height of her fame living in Beaconsfield, while brother Hanly battled in Beckenham.
		Enid’s apathy towards her relatives changed briefly in 1965 when she contacted Carey, who was at the height of his musical career and, with scholarships at TCM and Guildhall, was freelancing as a composer of scores for documentary films and drama, including three Dr Who serials, and working for Faber as Britten’s music editor.
		Enid invited Carey to compose for her collection of songs, published under the title Mixed Bag.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2002/Apr02/blyton.htm (867 words)

	Loganberry Books: Enid Blyton
		I remember reading Enid Blyton's Famous Five when I was about 11 or so and I'm not sure but I believe that she had a different cover for her books - a different illustration.
		I am almost positive that the person is thinking of Enid Blyton's boarding school books, probably the St Clares series (the name of the school may be why she is thinking Christian, although I don't remember any religious overtones) One specific title from that series is THE TWINS AT St. CLARE'S.
		I have all of Enid Blyton's school stories and, while the St Clare's series was about the O'Sullivan twins, they were always the best of friends, never called each other prig and were always in the same classes as each other, so they couldn't have swapped classes.
	www.logan.com /loganberry/most-blyton.html (4633 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is not unreasonable to suggest that Enid Mary Blyton (1897-1968) was the greatest ever writer of stories for children.
		Although Ladybird Books were not among the original publishers of Enid Blyton's work, the company reissued two of her short stories from 1949 as a complete series in 1992.
		Mrs Furrymouse and the Pepper Pot is one of many stories Enid Blyton wrote about animals, and it tells the tale of a mouse trying to out-smart an unseen kitchen cat so that her four children and she can return to their hole safely.
	www.dottybug.co.uk /enidblytonreview.html (396 words)

	Enid Blyton ( M.J.E. / Book Listings / Children's Fiction / ~ )
		Some editions of Blyton's works after that alter currency references to conform to the new currency; amusingly, though, sometimes the amounts are not increased suitably to allow for inflation.
		Now that many of Enid Blyton's books are appearing in completely rewritten versions or adaptations, often under new titles, I cannot take it for granted that this version of the book is the same as the original version without seeing it for myself.
		Indeed, I cannot help wondering whether it appeared in Enid Blyton's Treasury (1947), and whether that is a similar sort of volume to the current one (that is, containing both extracts from well-known novels and adventure short stories), and whether even perhaps both volumes have a large proportion of their contents in common.
	www.foxall.com.au /users/mje/Blyton.htm (10642 words)

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