Journal One

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Julie2owlsdene wrote:Pete says - perhaps the book should carry a rider on the front cover like 'The views and interpretations in this personal anecdotage about Enid Blyton are solely the opinions of the author')

I think that's a good idea. In large black letters too.
Isn't the title long enough already? Any more writing on the cover and it will look like the first page. :roll:
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Julie2owlsdene wrote:
Pete says: As we have seen even Enid is now under scrutiny for hidden meanings and prophetic utterences in her work.

That's what I disagree with. I don't think there was any hidden meanings in Enid's work. She was just a good children's author. End of....
I agree with you Julie. I do feel sometimes that a book does show hidden facets of an authors mind, subconciously, but I never feel that Enid was trying to actually give us some hidden meaning. To her, the story was always paramount. 8)
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Robert Houghton wrote:
Julie2owlsdene wrote:
Pete says: As we have seen even Enid is now under scrutiny for hidden meanings and prophetic utterences in her work.

That's what I disagree with. I don't think there was any hidden meanings in Enid's work. She was just a good children's author. End of....
I agree with you Julie. I do feel sometimes that a book does show hidden facets of an authors mind, subconciously, but I never feel that Enid was trying to actually give us some hidden meaning. To her, the story was always paramount. 8)
I'm in total agreement with Julie and Rob here. :D
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Just a thought, I was wondering how many threads do we have here now where Stephen's book is being discussed? :roll:
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Moonraker wrote:Just a thought, I was wondering how many threads do we have here now where Stephen's book is being discussed? :roll:
Perhaps that could be a question in Eddie's quiz for July!! :lol:
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Robert Houghton wrote:
Moonraker wrote:Just a thought, I was wondering how many threads do we have here now where Stephen's book is being discussed? :roll:
Perhaps that could be a question in Eddie's quiz for July!! :lol:
Good suggestion, Rob! :lol:
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I'd better start counting then. I'm determined to get at least one of Eddie's numerical questions right at some stage. :lol:
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