相对于大名鼎鼎的J.K罗琳,中国读者可能对艾尼德·布莱顿这个名字并不熟悉,但是在英国,却没有哪个家庭不知道她的名字,事实上,在英国提起布莱顿,就如同在丹麦提起安徒生,几乎是无人不知、无人不晓的。她的作品是每个英国人在少年时期枕边的必读书。2008年,BBC为艾尼德.布莱顿专门拍摄了一部专辑性质的纪录片,近乎冷酷地剖白了布莱顿的一生:她对孩子们的爱,与家人相处的无措,事业上的成功,以及情感上的失败,辉煌的盛年和晚年的病况。正如她自己所说的“他们(孩子们)是我的朋友。”("
They are my friends!”,她几乎将一生的热情与成功,都燃烧在了自己的创作和与读者们的交流之中。
同年,在英国人评选“英国人最爱的作家”的过程中,已去世多年的她击败莎士比亚、简·奥斯汀和J.K.罗琳,顺利当选。在全球,布莱顿的作品被翻译数量超过安徒生和莎士比亚;在欧洲,她的书被评为“最让家长放心、满意的儿童文学作品”。事实上,J.K罗琳在回忆录中也曾提及,小时候她喜欢和母亲一起看书,母亲讲给她最多的就是英国孩子们的入门读物,艾尼德·布莱顿的作品,虽然她并不喜欢那种风格,但深受影响。
內容簡介:
Julian, Dick and Anne are really worried - George and her
devoted Timmy have just disappeared! Not only that, somebody has
broken into Kirrin Cottage. Could there be a connection? The Famous
Five think so, but it''s going to be tough getting to the bottom of
this mystery when there''s only three of them ...These classic
editions feature Enid Blyton''s unchanged text and Eileen A. Soper''s
original illustrations.
關於作者:
Enid Blyton died in 1968 but remains one of the best-known and
best-loved writers of children''s stories. She is consistently voted
a children''s favourite in author polls. She has over 600 children''s
books to her credit, including the Famous Five series, the Secret
Seven series, the Naughtiest Girl series - all Hodder - and the
Malory Towers and St Clare''s series, both available from Hodder on
audio.