Who's the cleverest character of all?
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
Interesting that education is brought up. I would guess that Jo was not literate - can't remember whether it was said she was or not but I can't see how she would have been - and Fatty would presumably have been at one of the best schools in the country..
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Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
DIdn't Jo start going to school when she was packed off to live with Joan's sister? Was it her sister? No way would I win any prizes for intelligence but I just might be in the running for an award for the worst memory!
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
Jen, you have remembered it correctly!
I think the cleverest character is Uncle Quentin, one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known, not counting Einstein. But he has the advantage of being a learned grown up, so I'll say:
Cleverest teenager: the marvellous Frederick Trotteville.
Cleverest younger character: the tiresome Susie.
I think the cleverest character is Uncle Quentin, one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known, not counting Einstein. But he has the advantage of being a learned grown up, so I'll say:
Cleverest teenager: the marvellous Frederick Trotteville.
Cleverest younger character: the tiresome Susie.
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
Fatty was the greatest.
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There's more than one type of intelligence though .Quentin might have been brilliant scientifically but he seemed to lack social intelligence on a rather lamentable scale. Fatty was much better rounded - academically he was brilliant, and apparently gifted at sports and acting and all, but he was also socially very capable.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
As much as I enjoy Fatty he was certainly too good to be true. There seems to be literally nothing that he did not excel at or know about. Thats unreal in anyone especially a teenager. Possibly Blytons most well rounded characters were the adventure kids, they were resourceful, sociable, fairly intelligent in the academic and general knowledge senses and they were quick and eager to learn. Uncle Quentin always struck me as a sort of nutty professor type.
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
Speak for yourself!Lucky Star wrote: There seems to be literally nothing that he did not excel at or know about. Thats unreal in anyone especially a teenager.
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
Nobody's mentioned the shy, brilliant young Pam from St Clare's yet, who would have been considered for head girl had she not been a shade too young...
Then of course from the same series you have the artistic genius Lucy Oriel, and you have the musical genius from Malory Towers too (was it Irene?).
Then of course from the same series you have the artistic genius Lucy Oriel, and you have the musical genius from Malory Towers too (was it Irene?).
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And out of the swing of the sea. (G.M.Hopkins)
Where springs not fail,
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail,
And a few lilies blow.
And I have asked to be
Where no storms come,
Where the green swell is in the havens dumb,
And out of the swing of the sea. (G.M.Hopkins)
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Yeah I liked Pam too .. I hope that she was headgirl the year after, once the twins had left
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.
EF
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
For me it has to be Frederick Algernon Trotteville and I'm sure he would be the first to agree with me!
If he were alive today I'm sure he would be a rather rotund,eccentric confirmed bachelor with a closet full of secrets and a collection of small dogs.It's quite possible that he would also be "known" to the local Police!
If he were alive today I'm sure he would be a rather rotund,eccentric confirmed bachelor with a closet full of secrets and a collection of small dogs.It's quite possible that he would also be "known" to the local Police!
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
Tweenid wrote:For me it has to be Frederick Algernon Trotteville and I'm sure he would be the first to agree with me!
If he were alive today I'm sure he would be a rather rotund,eccentric confirmed bachelor with a closet full of secrets and a collection of small dogs.It's quite possible that he would also be "known" to the local Police!
I agree, Tweenid. (I can't get used to that name!) I see him as a rather eccentric character - never having married. He was in love with Elizabeth Hilton (she refused to answer to the name Bets, post puberty); however, she went slightly off the rails and he never found another love in his life - at least, not human. She is now a widow, still living in Peterswood, and is still a great friend of Frederick's (he too now refuses to be called Fatty). In fact, she is the "Hastings" to Frederick's "Poirot". In fact, I am certain if it weren't for Frederick's ego, she would be Peterswood's Jane Marple!
I imagine him now to be the English equivalent of that great Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He still assists the police (having joined the police force, but leaving due to his constant refusal to obey orders) with mysteries in the district. In fact, the success of the current Chief Superintendent is due, mainly, to Mr Trotteville.
There is now no police presence peculiar to Peterswood. A regular patrol from Marlow is all they get.
Frederick does, however, still practice at disguises!
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Couldn't have put it better myself Nigel.
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Re: Who's the cleverest character of all?
But I'd prefer Fatty and Bets to marry as they do in a story I wrote some years ago!
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