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Gosh! Mystery Of How Blyton Got Her Revenge

Posted at 11:11AM Sunday 23 Sep 2007

Enid Blyton's books have a reputation for innocence, innocence even to the point of banality, with their handy clues, helpful dogs and lashings of parochial adventure. The truth, however, may be rather less cosy.

A new biography of the writer, who is still loved by hundreds of millions of readers all over the world, has discovered a strain of cleverly disguised domestic spite running through her series of children's books.

Story in The Guardian

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