Famous Five 21 Book Complete Classic Edition Gift Set

With the price at something like 80% off I decided to move this from its long stay on my saved list to my basket.I loved reading (and watching) the Famous Five series when I was a kid. Reading them now is very nostalgic to me.The description says that it is “classic text”, and this is true in that the Woke Brigade have not got their hands on it. Two characters (an Aunt and a member of the gang) keep their names, whereas in Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway tree the delicate flowers from that cult have changed similar names so as not to “offend”. The only changes to the text I have noticed is simply converting the money mentioned from pre-decimalisation to post-decimalisation. That’s no big deal.As for the physical product itself. All 21 Famous a five novels in one stiff cardboard case, all arrived in good condition.Recommend for all Enid Blyton/Famous Five fans.

We purchased the set of books for our grandson who loves them very much. Fantastic value for money highly recommended. Thank you.

I was bought various of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books when a child and I still enjoy them. Follow the adventures of Julian, Dick, George (Georgina but she wants to be thought of as an honorary boy), Anne and Timmy the dog on their summer holidays from school when they make amazing discoveries and thwart villains. The stories are set in a mythical place on the Dorset coast, where Blyton loved to holiday herself, and various places in the vicinity. Blyton started writing these stories in the middle of the Second World War and produced a total of 21 approximately annually. She also wrote a series of short stories involving the Famous Five.The stories very much reflect Blyton’s own experiences era and social class: upper middle and comfortable, with people to do the cleaning and cooking. The children are in the 11-15 age range (they never grow older!) and attend boarding school, travel by bicycle, train and car and live in a world where people communicated using letters, telephone calls and telegrams. The intrigue and adventure in the stories is, however, timeless. Many teenagers today (and adults!) will enjoy them.

Read these books many years ago and loved them. My nine year old granddaughter is engrossed in them. Wonderful to see a new generations imagination opening up with these great kids stories

I love .y new books xant wait to start reading them They come in a beautiful display box, they are good quality and came damage free.

Great read for grand children they read all the books in no time so they must have been entertaining

I read all of the Famous Five books as a kid (my mum had kept a complete set of original hardbacks from her own childhood) and I remember the 80’s TV series well.Whilst I completely understand why new editions of Blyton’s stories are being edited to reflect modern language and culture, I am so glad that I took the opportunity to buy this set before the original versions became obsolete. It has been a joy to re-read them as they were, as funny and outdated as they may seem to others. A complete trip back in time.

haven't opened the box, present for christmas.