The Enid Blyton Society

On another thread Stephen I. mentions:

Enikyoga wrote:In George Greenfield's short biography on Enid Blyton, the latter would from time to time call him for advice pertaining to whether commas had to be or not be included in some of the sentences in her books.

Like Anita,I'm not sure which book Stephen is referring to,but it is possible to read extracts from A Smattering of Monsters online.

I bought A Smattering of Monsters at an Enid Blyton Day. George Greenfield also wrote a shortish book (called Enid Blyton) which has more detail about his years as Enid's literary agent.

"No one could have classified her (Enid Blyton) as beautiful or even good-looking,..." quoted and extracted from A Smattering of Monsters.

Obviously, there was one person...

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"Kenneth(Enid Blyton's second husband) died in early Autumn 1967(A Smattering of Monster page 131) and Enid the following year. Bertie Meyer than close on ninety, though naturally frail, still had all his wits about him." quoted from A Smattering of Monsters.


According to wikipedia, Bertie Meyer died in November 1967...

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I am confused.Could someone please explain to me what was George Greenfield trying to say on page 127(the last half) and page 128?

Was there a "new" title in Adventure series written by Enid at the last stage of her life?

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The last Enid's book was published in 1964 i.e The Hidey Hole. I assume it was written in 1963. But according to Greenfield, during that time, Enid was not mentally alert because of her illness(dementia/Alzheimer). How could she wrote a novel that was still coherent and readable in 1963?

We've discussed that "Adventure book" reference before and it's thought that George Greenfield is probably talking about The Mystery that Never Was. If I remember correctly, it was rejected by Macmillan before being accepted by Collins.

Thank you, Anita.