St Clare's Collection - 9 Books

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In July 1923, Blyton published Real Fairies, a collection of thirty-three poems written especially for the book with the exception of "Pretending", which had appeared earlier in Punch magazine. [16] The following year, she published The Enid Blyton Book of Fairies, illustrated by Horace J. Knowles, [17] and in 1926 the Book of Brownies. [18] Several books of plays appeared in 1927, including A Book of Little Plays and The Play's the Thing with the illustrator Alfred Bestall. [19] Patricia O'Sullivan alias Pat dan saudara kembarnya Isabel O'Sullivan dimasukkan ke St. Clare oleh orang tuanya. Awalnya mereka menolak dan bertekad untuk bersikap buruk sehingga mereka bisa pindah ke sekolah yang mereka inginkan. Tapi ternyata St. Clare memberikan mereka "pengalaman" yang tak pernah terlupakan. Palmer, Alex (2013), Literary Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Literature, Skyhorse Publishing Company, ISBN 978-1-62873-221-4 The plot of the St. Clare's (and also Malory Towers) books depend a lot on a few girls having their own problems or character flaws, and how that causes trouble but eventually they learn some kind of lesson and grow. This makes for satisfactory character arcs within each book, but the problem is that next year you have another book, and if all the characters have already learned and grown, what's the new book about?

Accusations of xenophobia were also made. As George Greenfield observed, "Enid was very much part of that between the wars middle class which believed that foreigners were untrustworthy or funny or sometimes both". [149] The publisher Macmillan conducted an internal assessment of Blyton's The Mystery That Never Was, submitted to them at the height of her fame in 1960. The review was carried out by the author and books editor Phyllis Hartnoll, in whose view "There is a faint but unattractive touch of old-fashioned xenophobia in the author's attitude to the thieves; they are 'foreign'... and this seems to be regarded as sufficient to explain their criminality." Macmillan rejected the manuscript, [150] but it was published by William Collins in 1961, [151] and then again in 1965 and 1983. [150] Capitalising on her success, with a loyal and ever-growing readership, [15] Blyton produced a new edition of many of her series such as the Famous Five, the Five Find-Outers and St. Clare's every year in addition to many other novels, short stories and books. In 1946 Blyton launched the first in the Malory Towers series of six books based around the schoolgirl Darrell Rivers, First Term at Malory Towers, which became extremely popular, particularly with girls. [45] Peak output: 1949–1959 [ edit ] Geoghegan, Tom (5 September 2008). "The Mystery of Enid Blyton's Revival". BBC News Magazine . Retrieved 10 April 2014.

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Sorted and the City: China gets the Noddy". The Mirror. 16 March 2004. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014 . Retrieved 28 March 2014.

After this sobriety, Enid went on to begin a "proper" school series (unlike St Clare's, it's one beginning (Book 1), 2 sequels, a change in direction (Book 4), then a new theme (5) plus a finale (6)). By then the publisher must have said, be more disciplined, you've had 6 books to experiment with that formula! Learning from this experience, Malory Towers was a more pre-planned, sequential affair. They're more complex, darker, has real tragedy in it, and the "villians" are more disturbing. The characters are more complex--shades of good and bad. When I was little and read the school series I had read the full Malory towers series before I read any St Clares - and I always liked the fact that although (inevitably) the situations were, in some ways, similar the books were completely different! I guess this is also reflected in the settings Enid chose for the books.Welcome Enid Blyton", The Malay Mail, 4 August 2001, archived from the original on 11 June 2014 , retrieved 28 March 2014 One of the most appealing aspects of the St Clare's Collection is its charming and relatable characters. Pat and Isabel are both strong-willed and independent, but they also have their faults and weaknesses. They are realistic and well-rounded, and readers can't help but root for them as they face various challenges throughout the series. Normally what Enid does to avoid this pitfall is giving new girls a central role. There are always new girls coming and going, and since we have not seen them learning their lesson, they can take the weight of the plot. However, this tends to leave the established characters with minor, supporting roles in the story, which can be a little unsatisfactory. After all, those are the characters the readers like and want to follow. For example, the O'Sullivan twins were the main characters in the beginning of the series. They had their issues and they solved them, and at this point they are sensible girls who can be relied on to react to other people's shenanigans and dramas, but not to cause them themselves. a b c d e Johnstone, Anne (29 July 2006). "Enid Blyton's books were until recently sacrificed on the altar of 'political correctness', now they are enjoying a renaissance and her daughter is preparing to celebrate a special anniversary". The Herald. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014 . Retrieved 28 March 2014.