Enid is a 2009 British biographical television film first broadcast on 16 November on BBC Four. Directed by James Hawes it is based on the life of children's writer Enid Blyton, portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter.
Enid Blyton is portrayed as self absorbed, selfish and a terrible mother which is quite true in reality, although some scenes have been added purely for the narrative. After having two children she becomes more absorbed in the lives of the children who write to her and love her books.
Some of the short stories in her magazines were inspired by letters she had received from readers, telling her about interesting or amusing things that had happened to them. Enid Blyton wrote not only to entertain children but to educate and guide them, and her books invariably contain sound morals.
By the early 1960s it was apparent that she was suffering from dementia. Kenneth was ill too, with severe arthritis. He died on 15 September 1967 and in 1968, Enid was admitted to a Hampstead nursing home where she died in November 1968, aged 71.
Mrs Baverstock left £100,000 to her son Owain and £50,000 to each of her six grandchildren, including the four Lane children. The former primary school teacher also left £50,000 each to Bolton Abbey Priory and the education department at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
As for the Enid Blyton books, Rowling says she read them all, but was never tempted to go back to them, whereas she would read and re-read Lewis.
It has been estimated that at the time of Blyton's death in 1968 she was worth $8 million in today's currency. It can be difficult, however, to estimate the personal wealth of a private individual as there are few public records detailing their assets.
Hachette UK announces today that it has acquired worldwide rights in the wholly-owned Enid Blyton estate, excluding Noddy, from Chorion for the Hodder Children's imprint of its Hachette Children's Books business. Enid Blyton has an extensive publishing portfolio with 800 titles translated into 40 languages.
Little Noddy Goes to Toyland (1949)
Perhaps the most divisive of Blyton's characters is also her best known.
If you're a fan of Enid Blyton and someone asked you to quote her most famous line, you'd probably shout “lashings of ginger beer.” But you'd be wrong, because the author of the Famous Five didn't actually write that line - it appeared in the film Five Go Mad in Dorset.
Enid Mary Blyton was born on August 11, 1897, in London, England. She started writing at an early age. A children's magazine published one of her poems when she was just 14. Blyton trained to be a teacher, but she continued to write stories and poems while working as a teacher and a governess.
Enid Blyton's books are considered middle-grade fiction, meaning that they are appropriate for children ages 10-13. Blyton's most famous series include The Famous Five and The Secret Seven.
Enid, portrayed by Emma Myers, is also a student at Nevermore who attempts to befriend Wednesday. She is 20.
The film was filmed in London and Surrey in Britain. The film is a "major one-off" drama for Carnival Film & Television for BBC Four.
Enid Blyton was a good student. She was brilliant and excelled in art and the study of nature. The first school she attended was a small one called Tresco, just opposite her house.
The rule in Britain is that published works enter the public domain once the author has been dead for 70 years. Therefore, Enid Blyton's works are supposedly under copyright until 2038.
Enid Blyton, in full Enid Mary Blyton, (born August 11, 1897, East Dulwich, London, England—died November 28, 1968, Hampstead, London), prolific and highly popular British author of stories, poems, plays, and educational books for children.
Enid Blyton's books have sold over 600 million copies, have been translated into 90 different languages and are still in print today, a pretty amazing feat for any author.
"Every year they continue to climb in value." One example is Enid Blyton's book Five On A Treasure Island. First published in 1942, it's the most valuable in the Famous Five series. "A serious collector is going to pay between $8,000 and $10,000 for one of those first editions," Ms Boltresz says.
“The truth is, Enid Blyton was arrogant, insecure, pretentious, very skilled at putting difficult or unpleasant things out of her mind and without a trace of maternal instinct,” she wrote. “As a child, I viewed her as a rather strict authority. As an adult, I did not hate her. I pitied her.”
One of her most famous pets was Bobs, a fox-terrier. Enid Blyton wrote letters for her Teacher's World column about family life as seen through the eyes of Bobs — in fact, she kept on writing these "Letters from Bobs" long after the dog had died!
J.K. Rowling's pitch for 'Harry Potter' was rejected 12 times — read the now-famous letter here. The letter F. An envelope.
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The story was rejected by major publishing houses in the U.K. Rowling's agent, Christopher Little, previously told Huff Post “Various reasons were given including the story being too long, the fact that a story set in a children's boarding school might feel too 'exclusive' to many readers, etc.”