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19 November 2008

Enid Blyton, prodigious polymath

CHILDREN’S writer Enid Blyton has to be admired for her prodigious output. According to the , she wrote around 700 books at a rate of more than one a month.

Andy Boddington, however, has discovered that she appears even more prolific than her fans in the society have recognised. Not only did she write about the Famous Five, the Secret Seven and Naughty Children – according to the Amazon.co.uk website, she also found time for and . The latter is not the only example of…

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