Enid Blyton’s `Famous Five` set to find its place on shelf after a gap of 45 years
September 9, 2008
Britain’s Enid Blyton’s most popular most popular characters are set to make a comeback in a series of brand new adventures featuring 20 titles that will be released over a period of two years.
Julian, Dick, Anne, George & dog will revisit as grown ups. Chorlon, owner of the publication rights, said: “The books would remain true to the classic storytelling style and values of Enid Blyton, who once lived in Bourne End and Beaconsfield.” The first in the series, The Famous Five’s Survival Guide, has just been released in which, the now grown-up Julian, Dick, Anne, George, and their loyal dog Timmy, reunite for more “stolen treasure, problem solving, traps and traitors.”
The new animated series was launched on the Disney Channel in May. The series deals with Famous Five’s off-springs in the cartoon creations are up-to-date equipped with iPods and mobile phones taking on their new enemies, a DVD bootlegger among them. Chorion says: “The adventures of Silky the Fairy and her four new fairy friends Melody, Petal, Pinx and Bizzy, penned by Ellise Allen, are told in a contemporary tone, but stay true to the original world Blyton created way back in 1939.” Enid Blyton passed away in 1968. She wrote 700 stories spanning over 40 years and has sold 500 million books worldwide.”
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