相对于大名鼎鼎的J.K罗琳,中国读者可能对艾尼德·布莱顿这个名字并不熟悉,但是在英国,却没有哪个家庭不知道她的名字,事实上,在英国提起布莱顿,就如同在丹麦提起安徒生,几乎是无人不知、无人不晓的。她的作品是每个英国人在少年时期枕边的必读书。2008年,BBC为艾尼德.布莱顿专门拍摄了一部专辑性质的纪录片,近乎冷酷地剖白了布莱顿的一生:她对孩子们的爱,与家人相处的无措,事业上的成功,以及情感上的失败,辉煌的盛年和晚年的病况。正如她自己所说的“他们(孩子们)是我的朋友。”("
They are my friends!”,她几乎将一生的热情与成功,都燃烧在了自己的创作和与读者们的交流之中。
同年,在英国人评选“英国人最爱的作家”的过程中,已去世多年的她击败莎士比亚、简·奥斯汀和J.K.罗琳,顺利当选。在全球,布莱顿的作品被翻译数量超过安徒生和莎士比亚;在欧洲,她的书被评为“最让家长放心、满意的儿童文学作品”。事实上,J.K罗琳在回忆录中也曾提及,小时候她喜欢和母亲一起看书,母亲讲给她最多的就是英国孩子们的入门读物,艾尼德·布莱顿的作品,虽然她并不喜欢那种风格,但深受影响。
內容簡介:
Spook trains in the dead of night! And they seem to vanish
into thin air - but where do they go? The Famous Five are on to it!
But discovery of an unusual underground tunnel system, and a secret
train-service, has them puzzled. If they follow the tracks, will
they solve the mystery? These classic editions feature Enid
Blyton''s unchanged text and Eileen A. Soper''s original
illustrations.
關於作者:
Enid Blyton died in 1968 but remains one of the best-known and
best-loved writers of children''s stories. She is consistently voted
a children''s favourite in author polls. She has over 600 children''s
books to her credit, including the Famous Five series, the Secret
Seven series, the Naughtiest Girl series - all Hodder - and the
Malory Towers and St Clare''s series, both available from Hodder on
audio.