The Famous Five
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Key facts
- Author
- Enid Blyton
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Children's literature Mystery Adventure
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Published
- 1942—1963
- Media type
- Print (hardback & paperback)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- novel sequence
- Has part
- Five Go to Smuggler's Top
- Author
- Enid Blyton
- Country of origin
- England
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
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- publication date
- 1942-00-00
- language of work or name
- British English
- title
- The Famous Five
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Encyclopedic overview
The Famous Five is a series of children's adventure novels and short stories written by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, Five on a Treasure Island, was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures of a group of young children – Julian, Dick, Anne, George – and their dog Timmy.
The vast majority of the stories take place in the children's school holidays. Whenever they meet, they become involved in an adventure, often featuring criminals or lost treasure. Sometimes the scene is set close to George's family home at Kirrin Cottage, such as the picturesque Kirrin Island, owned by George and her family in Kirrin Bay. George's own home and various other houses the children visit or stay in are hundreds of years old and often contain secret passages or smugglers' tunnels.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Famous Five” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.