Blyton (was Re: Byatt's attack on us)

[Tim Regan]

Hi Anne,

--- You wrote:
> I didn't read Enid Blyton or Billy Bunter books either. 
> In fact I never heard of them until I joined this group. Perhaps 
> that's because I am :::cough:::older:::cough than the "typical" 
> adult HP fan (whoever that is). 

Wow - The first Enid Blyton Famous Five book was published in 1942, 
and her first full length novel was 1937. The first Billy Bunter was 
from 1944. But I see online that the Hardy Boys started in 1927 - so 
tha wins hands down!

I've not read Bunter, but I think I did read one Enid Blyton. They 
are part of the fabric of childhood in the UK, so you end up knowing 
of them by osmosis.

Cheers,

Dumbledad