tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218460251150852982.post5891499875559141633..comments2024-01-11T02:33:42.530+11:00Comments on The Blytonly Obvious: The DilemmaFenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589433358689469513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218460251150852982.post-1531582002455937862010-05-04T18:06:36.432+10:002010-05-04T18:06:36.432+10:00I just read up on her ... I am definitely doing a ...I just read up on her ... I am definitely doing a post on her - she sounds amazingly unbalanced ... SQUEE!!<br /><br />In a way, I love the fact that these authors were so troubled ...Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589433358689469513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5218460251150852982.post-8881646623097238292010-04-26T02:28:51.964+10:002010-04-26T02:28:51.964+10:00Hello hello!
I'm enjoying your blog so far by ...Hello hello!<br />I'm enjoying your blog so far by the way :-)<br />Just thought I'd mention why I was attracted over though. My favourite children's author was Alison Uttley. I adored her even though I knew nothing about her. I still collect her books in all their forms and I don't think I'll ever stop. But now I know better that she was apparently quite a bitter, difficult, woman despite some of her amzing achievements. I read an article about the publication of her diaries and it disillusioned me. She seems to have hated pretty much every fellow author of her era. Blyton being the least favoured. See this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/17/diaries-little-grey-rabbit-uttley<br />I thought back to my childhood days when I read some of Blyton's books and I think I must have been brainwashed too because I only remember the idyll. I thought at the time that Alison Uttley must just have been irrational and it saddened me more than the rest. However the more I read of this the more I think she might just have had some foundation for her hatred. And to be honest her comments just amuse me more and more. I'm quite tempted now to buy the diaries that I feared buying before in case they made me dislike her more. I think its ok so long as we can reconcile our childhood with reality equally.<br /><br />Err... sorry... wittered a bit... <br />Keep writing!<br />Maz<br />(of Obernet)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com