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| Title | : | Last Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #6) |
| Author | : | Enid Blyton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 197 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2006 by Egmont Books (UK) (first published 1951) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction |
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I've spent the last few days rereading my copies of Enid Blyton's Malory Towers series. Unfortunately I only have the third, fifth and sixth, but I am now determined to get my hands on the other three and read them obsessively. I love them for a few of reasons, which I shall enumerate here:1. They bring back so many memories, primarily of the days when I actually read the damn things (when I was about six to eight years old). At the time I was living in England, where people actually did say "you'd jolly well better not do that again!", where it seemed not only possible, but likely, that fairies lived down the bottom of the garden, where an adventure and a mystery was just waiting around every corner, and where life was so full of simple wonder.
2. It's just so GOOD! Good as in everyone is good and kind and perfect, except for the people who aren't. It's totally black and white, and the baddies always either get their commeuppance or admit their faults and are reformed, the goodies are always recognised and loved, the ending is always happy and OH MY GOD I LOVE ENID BLYTON. Example:
"Sometimes hard things are good for us,' said Miss Grayling, and Miss Peters nodded. After all, the girls didn't come to Malory Towers only to learn lessons in class - they came to learn other things too - to be just and fair, generous, brave, kind. Perhaps those things were even more important than the lessons!"
3. The moment when Darrel steps out onto the stage to rapturous applause at the end of the pantomime which she wrote has remained in my subconscious for years as the ultimate image of success and happiness. I know that while Enid might have difficulty moving us to tears or making us ponder the deeper existentialist dilemmas, this is what she does brilliantly - portraying the glorious happiness that comes from the act of living life to the fullest.
This is also pretty hilarious, it has to be said. I won't deny that this has something to do with my enjoyment.
Kids these days don't read her, I've noticed. Perhaps even 'in my day' - gosh, that makes me sound old - they didn't. But I lived within miles of the house where darling Enid lived, and I was a sweet, innocent, happy child to whom the idea of gallivanting around in secret passages and tackling 'rogues' and playing lacrosse was ridiculously appealing, and for whatever reason I read and loved those books for so many years.
Then, all of a sudden, I went off them. This was because it abruptly dawned on me that the prose is crazy. Commonly used words include: 'super' as in 'oh super! Lacrosse game tomorrow!', 'rotten' as in 'rotten breakfasts they have here!', 'wizard' as in 'that's a wizard drawing, Belinda!', and many other wonderful examples that I noticed at the time but have now slipped my mind. Not to mention the overabundance of explanation marks, as evidenced by my thoughtfully chosen examples.
No matter. I am having a wonderful, nostalgic trip to the past and I am eternally grateful to Enid Blyton, because it was basically her (and Roald Dahl) who introduced me to reading, and it's really great. You should totally try it.
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| Original Title: | Last Term at Malory Towers |
| ISBN: | 1405224088 (ISBN13: 9781405224086) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Malory Towers #6, Dolly #6 |
| Characters: | Darrell Rivers, Sally Hope, Gwendoline Lacey, Mary-Lou, Felicity Rivers |
| Setting: | United Kingdom Girls' Boarding School |
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Re-reading Malory Towers- and pretty much any of Enid Blyton's work- is pure escapism from not just all the hundreds of things pretending to be a well-adjusted adult requires me to do, but it's escape to a very specific part of my childhood. It's not just nostalgia that makes me think of these books with such fondness (despite the very problematic things about Blyton's writing), it's realising just how much I (still) relate and how much my own ideas of fairness and leadership are influenced byNo, just no. I wish I had never re read them. In these books, the characters are either good or bad there is no in between and in the previous book one character who had been bossy, domineering etc had come around, now in this book she's not liked again, apparently the change was completely forgotten.I know they are children's books and I am an adult but I think the main issue is that childrens literature has come on so much since my childhood that these books are simply dated. If only I had had
I've spent the last few days rereading my copies of Enid Blyton's Malory Towers series. Unfortunately I only have the third, fifth and sixth, but I am now determined to get my hands on the other three and read them obsessively. I love them for a few of reasons, which I shall enumerate here:1. They bring back so many memories, primarily of the days when I actually read the damn things (when I was about six to eight years old). At the time I was living in England, where people actually did say
Listened to in audio format.Darrell and her friends were now in the sixth form and then off to pastures new. Darrell, Sally and Alicia were going to St Andrews University. Mary Lou would be going into nursing and Bill and Clarissa would start a riding school.Gwendolyn was due to start a finishing school but her father had a heart attack which nearly killed him. Gwendolyn had to leave school early to look after her father, he would never work again so Gwendolyn would have to get a job.More humble
Well, goodbye Malory Towers. I enjoyed the high jinx, lashings of ginger beer, lacrosse, swimming. I read these as a child and used to act them out and even had a brown cloak!If you haven't read these, give them a try.
Well, goodbye Malory Towers. I enjoyed the high jinx, lashings of ginger beer, lacrosse, swimming. I read these as a child and used to act them out and even had a brown cloak!If you haven't read these, give them a try.
2.5 stars I'm quite glad to have finished this series for multitude of reasons .Most importantly is that I wanted to experience Enid Blyton writings.I believe that she's a talented author as children are one the hardest things to portray in story telling. Her younger character were uncanny !The mix of innocence and cruelty was quite astounding ! I also liked how she implemented scenario to teach life long lessons .The ugly parts were in how bullying uncertain scenes was permitted and encouraged
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