What really surprised me that it was an archive of the article that origionally appeared on Monday, Jan. 10, 1955!
I hope it may interest members: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... -1,00.html" rel="external
Article Niddy Niddy Nod
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Article Niddy Niddy Nod
While I was browsing on the net, I came across a most facinating article on Time.
What really surprised me that it was an archive of the article that origionally appeared on Monday, Jan. 10, 1955!
I hope it may interest members: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... -1,00.html" rel="external
What really surprised me that it was an archive of the article that origionally appeared on Monday, Jan. 10, 1955!
I hope it may interest members: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... -1,00.html" rel="external
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Many thanks for that link. A fascinating read, indeed!
Two sentences particularly stood out for me:
Still, that doesn't seem entirely right to me.
The other intriguing sentence was this:
Anyway, thanks again for this great article!
Two sentences particularly stood out for me:
No mention of poor old Hugh Pollock there. I thought Enid Blyton was already pretty well established as a writer by the time she married her second husband and had most of her rejection slips in her teens. But I suppose she might have had a few rejection slips subsequently.By the time she married Surgeon Kenneth Darrell Waters, she had 500 rejection slips, but was still determined to make writing her career.
Still, that doesn't seem entirely right to me.The other intriguing sentence was this:
Again, rather curious, given that Enid Blyton nowadays seems to be practically unheard of in the US. But perhaps she did enjoy some popularity there in the 1950s?Some of these older books are really first-rate juvenile thrillers, have achieved such a vogue in the U.S. that public libraries can scarcely keep up with the demand.
Anyway, thanks again for this great article!
Best Regards
ROWAN M.
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Very interesting, Julian/Mohamed. I agree that those two sentences are surprising, Rowan, though funnily enough the only Enid Blyton book that ever won a prize was Mystery Island - the American edition of The Island of Adventure. It was awarded a prize by the Boys' Club of America for being one of the six most popular books of 1947.
As for the Kenneth reference, perhaps the writer of the article thought Kenneth was Enid's first and only husband? That's the impression Enid Blyton gives in her autobiography, The Story of My Life, published in 1952.
Anita
As for the Kenneth reference, perhaps the writer of the article thought Kenneth was Enid's first and only husband? That's the impression Enid Blyton gives in her autobiography, The Story of My Life, published in 1952.
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Very interesting article! I was most facinated to read some of those.
Were there more articles written about EB in newspapers in her days?
Were there more articles written about EB in newspapers in her days?
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