Five Get into Trouble Talking Points
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Re: Five Get into Trouble Talking Points
It's a more elaborate version of the Nikolaus Plump cover.
http://www.cyranos.ch/plump02.htm
http://www.cyranos.ch/plump02.htm
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Re: Five Get into Trouble Talking Points
That's interesting. I wonder if the other Nikolaus Plump covers have had a similar treatment. The one posted by Pete is quite nice though I think the originals in your link are a bit too minimalist for my liking.Wolfgang wrote:It's a more elaborate version of the Nikolaus Plump cover.
http://www.cyranos.ch/plump02.htm
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The illustrations of the first editions of the "Europa" dramatised Famous Five audio book are more or less based on the Plump covers. In the meantime Europa changed the covers.
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Many thanks Wolfgang - there is something new to learn every day!
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Very interesting, Pete and Wolfgang. I like the atmospheric colours of the Europa audio book.
Totally agree. It's a great pity that the cover was redone.Lucky Star wrote:The original first edition cover [of Five Get Into Trouble] is head and shoulders above the reprint cover. It looks so much more realistic.
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The original Five Get Into Trouble wrapper illustration is the best in the whole series in my opinion. Eileen Soper at her supreme best.
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Re: Five Get into Trouble Talking Points
Despite the TV show modernising George's mother's name to Frances, I always thought 'Fanny' was a common nickname for girls named 'Sarah'.Debbie wrote:Frances Kirrin's daughter"
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Wikipedia states the following:
Fanny is a given name. A diminutive of the French name Frances meaning “free one”,
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Re: Five Get into Trouble Talking Points
I am sure that you already know, Pete, as you have a really good knowledge of the Cave, but all these German Europa items are already in the audio section in the Cave.pete9012S wrote:
Many thanks Wolfgang - there is something new to learn every day!
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Thank you Tony.
Here's a couple more of Europa covers and a link to the section of the cave they can be found in:
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Here's a couple more of Europa covers and a link to the section of the cave they can be found in:
https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/sea ... #showbooks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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"Sally" is a common but perhaps unintuitive nickname for Sarah. (Sarah Hope, maybe?) I've never heard Fanny except for Frances, and I haven't heard that so often.GloomyGraham wrote:Despite the TV show modernising George's mother's name to Frances, I always thought 'Fanny' was a common nickname for girls named 'Sarah'.Debbie wrote:Frances Kirrin's daughter"
My mother's middle name is Frances. I dare say there was an Aunt Fanny somewhere further in the background, though we don't know where.
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I like the Europa covers. They have an appealing 1970s-80s look.
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