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Essay / The Six Bad Boys By Enid Blyton - 3100
Author 1: Enid BlytonEnid Mary Blyton, born 11 August 1897 in East Dulwich, south London, was one of the distinguished storybook authors for children. She has sold over 600 million copies of her works, making her books one of the bestsellers. Additionally, his books have also been translated into over 90 different languages. Although she had a good relationship with her parents, soon after, her parents separated and she and her siblings had to pretend whenever people asked where their father was going. Because of this, it affected her negatively, both emotionally and physically. As a result, she wrote about her traumatic experience in a book called The Six Bad Boys. Additionally, after her marriage, she discovered that she could not conceive a child due to her not fully developed uterus, which could have been one of the consequences of her father's departure. Blyton attended a small school called Tresco and then she became a student at St. Cristopher's School and finally attended a music school which was the Guildhall School of Music. Blyton wrote many storybooks and poems in the meantime, but her most memorable works were the Noddy series, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven, all published in the 1920s and 1930s. Additionally, d Other famous works of hers were The Adventures of the Wishing Chair and also The Enchanted Wood. Nonetheless, she ran into controversy because her writing was inconsistent and the speed of her works that she produced led others to assume that she had an army of "ghost writers", which which she firmly denied. Since she wrote in a variety of genres, including mystery stories, fantasy, biblical stories and more, libraries and schools began banning her works beginning in the 1950s. Additional... ... middle of paper ......f the Baltimore Gun Club which decided to build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon, suggested by its president; Impey Barbicane. However, when an opponent of Barbicane bet that the project would fail, it motivated him to make it a "manned" flight, ultimately turning it into an international space race. twenty days Around the world in eighty days tells the adventures of Phileas Fogg who sets off to travel around the world with Jean Passepartout in order to prove that it is possible to travel around the world in 80 days. However, during his journey he encountered many challenges from transportation, locals, and even his own group who tried to prevent them or delay their success. Locations include Egypt, Suez, Bombay, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York and back to London..