Are there any other era fans out there who would like to propose a counter argument for another decade??
I have to agree with everyone who says late-40s to early-50s was her peak.
I just wish we could have had her around for another decade so some could say her late-60s to early-70s period was her best. Or worst. I don't care. Would just have been good to have another few dozen books.
I feel grateful that when I started to read - or had Enid Blyton read to me (around 1969/1970) every single one of her books was available in print.
These books were largely unedited and I didn't have to wait impatiently for Enid Blyton to write another Five, Barney, Mystery or Adventure book, the shops all sold the lot!!
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane - Society Member
Very good point, Pete.
I'm often saddened when I reflect that my favourite writers - especially Enid Blyton and PG Wodehouse, but also Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, etc - died before I was born. But, yeah, a 'positive' of them having written all their books (or plays) before I was born is that when I started to read them - or had them read to me in the case of Enid Blyton - I immediately had all their full canon of work to enjoy, rather than have them slowly released over 40/50 years. And so have been able to enjoy them all my life.
I can't tell you how sad I was in the early 1970's to learn from my Nan that my new best author Enid Blyton had died in 1968 - even as a young child it made me so, so upset.
The first thing I asked my Nan when she got me into Agatha Christie in the early 1970's was whether Agatha was still alive.
She told me she was. I was so relieved.
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane - Society Member
pete9012S wrote: ↑13 Aug 2022, 16:39
I can't tell you how sad I was in the early 1970's to learn from my Nan that my new best author Enid Blyton had died in 1968 - even as a young child it made me so, so upset.
The saddest person to leave the Ginger Pop Shop had walked in believing that Enid Blyton was a living man
