In that photo Nigel reminds me of this character on the left - but he needs a piece of straw in his mouth!
Why are Blyton's books so delightfully escapist?
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Re: Why are Blyton's books so delightfully escapist?
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Why are Blyton's books so delightfully escapist?
J R R Tolkien (another favorite author for many of us who enjoy "escapist" literature) once pointed out that the only people who are against "escape" are jailers.
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Re: Why are Blyton's books so delightfully escapist?
I can just imagine you saying that the same way Kenneth Williams used to say 'Matron'!!..Carlotta King wrote:Nigel!
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Re: Why are Blyton's books so delightfully escapist?
Will you be my Bond Girl, Cathy?Carlotta King wrote:Nigel!
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Re: Why are Blyton's books so delightfully escapist?
Absolutely
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Re: Why are Blyton's books so delightfully escapist?
Moonraker wrote:Will you be my Bond Girl, Cathy?
I know I already did this one recently, but all together now...Carlotta King wrote:Absolutely
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)