tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2596949286742320595..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Fun with The Famous FiveMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-13452555852605635962014-09-24T07:57:35.884+01:002014-09-24T07:57:35.884+01:00AKH, nothing wrong with that, as long as your oppo...AKH, nothing wrong with that, as long as your opponent doesn't mind. <br /><br />M, excellent, thanks. "Enid Blyton is nothing if not formulaic…". Excellent.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-18107113070579353342014-09-23T21:41:10.479+01:002014-09-23T21:41:10.479+01:00https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/english-association/...https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/english-association/primary/ea-plus/bookmarks-1/5FamousFive.pdf<br /><br />Contains some interesting bits<br /><br />MattMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214026669109045616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-42490310119095841092014-09-21T18:56:12.391+01:002014-09-21T18:56:12.391+01:00She also played tennis in the nude. Not sure if sh...She also played tennis in the nude. Not sure if she was any good though.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-86924802675763158052014-09-21T17:16:23.835+01:002014-09-21T17:16:23.835+01:00MW, from the 97 version;
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COT...MW, from the 97 version;<br /><br />"BACK<br />TO<br />KIRRIN<br />COTTAGE<br /><br />quentin suddenly asked, taking a letter from his pocket.<br />‘I believe he goes to your school and Dick’s,<br />julian.’<br />‘Pierre Lenoir – oh you mean old Sooty,’ said<br />julian.<br />‘Yes – he’s in Dick’s form. Mad as a hatter.’<br />‘Sooty! Now why do you call him that?’ said Uncle<br />quentin. ‘It seems a silly name for a boy.’<br />‘If you saw him you wouldn’t think so,’ said Dick, with<br />a laugh. ‘He’s awfully dark! Hair as black as soot, eyes<br />like bits of coal, eyebrows that look as if they’ve been put<br />in with charcoal."<br /><br />But that is after this row about the rewrite, and the accusations that Blyton was racist. <br /><br />At the time of the Radio 4 programme, I believe some librarys, and schools had pulled the books because of it.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-64256938276036059062014-09-21T15:59:21.082+01:002014-09-21T15:59:21.082+01:00TS, yes Jack Black And His Dog Silver boiled the F...TS, yes Jack Black And His Dog Silver boiled the Famous Five down to its basic elements.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-46458593207204031642014-09-21T15:46:03.546+01:002014-09-21T15:46:03.546+01:00Viz used to have fun with this sort of thing, a 19...Viz used to have fun with this sort of thing, a 1950s style boy and his dog which signalled who the evil-doers were. Normally, the "crimes" they were committing were things like having a supermarket outside the village where they could buy cheap lager, and the punishment ridiculously harsh.<br />Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-64432046125855954022014-09-21T15:24:02.805+01:002014-09-21T15:24:02.805+01:00I have around 4,500 books in three different house...I have around 4,500 books in three different houses, but I will see what I can do.<br /><br />There was a big row about the re-writting in the media about ten years ago.<br /><br />But that was not the first rewrite. Around 20 years ago, Radio 4 had a programme about how Enid Blyton was being re written, and if it would change the context.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-6513169807753016542014-09-21T15:02:08.373+01:002014-09-21T15:02:08.373+01:00FT, please dig out the original version and tell u...FT, please dig out the original version and tell us the exact wording!.<br /><br />I've noticed other bits which have clearly been re-written, but with no clue as to the original wording.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-966650183815587992014-09-21T14:35:46.592+01:002014-09-21T14:35:46.592+01:00It may say that NOW.
But I am quoting from the f...It may say that NOW. <br /><br />But I am quoting from the first edition from 1945, that I still have around somewhere. And the same from a 1953 <> edition.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-77063290230788136782014-09-21T14:12:57.178+01:002014-09-21T14:12:57.178+01:00FT, she's got that one as well.
I quote from ...FT, she's got that one as well.<br /><br />I quote from page 7:<br /><br />"Sooty! Now why do you call him that?" said Uncle Quentin. "It's seems a silly name for a boy."<br /><br />"If you saw him you wouldn't think so," said Dick, with a laugh. "He's awfully dark. Hair as black as soot, eyes like bits of coal, eyebrows that look as if they've been put in with charcoal! And his name means 'The Black One', doesn't it? Le-Noir - that's French for black".<br /><br />Do you see how she neatly sidesteps the racism thing by saying that he's called Sooty because of his name and not because he looks like a foreigner?<br /><br />The racism in Caravan is much closer to the surface.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-31724176744221481672014-09-21T12:46:44.991+01:002014-09-21T12:46:44.991+01:00My favourite Blyton quote comes from Five go to sm...My favourite Blyton quote comes from Five go to smugglers top;<br /><br />There is, horror of horrors a pickeninny in the school, and they invite him on holiday wit them.<br /><br />(Julian, IIRC) to Uncle Quentin;<br /><br />"We call him sooty.<br /><br />That's not nice. It is not his fault he is black, replied Uncle Quentin."Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.com