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The Adventure Series (Published in the UK by Pan Macmillan)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Jack's pet cockatoo, Kiki, is also a standard feature in each novel, and the bird always comes through with some raucous utterance that amuses everyone or helps the children to evade danger. The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering and solving mysteries without much adult assistance. Although the publication dates span a decade, Blyton reportedly wrote each of the novels in less than a week.Novels
Originally, the series was supposed to end after this episode, but under the great demand by dedicated fans, Blyton wrote two more episodes:
All of the books are in print, and the original editions are expensive collectors' items. TV versions of The Island of Adventure and The Castle of Adventure were made. Plot summariesThe Island of AdventureDuring his holiday tuition, Philip Mannering meets Jack and Lucy-Ann Trent, and together they run off to the coastal estate of Philip's aunt and uncle, Craggy Tops. Soon, the three of them and Dinah, Philip's sister, witness strange happenings centering about the nearby Island of Gloom and two strange characters — the grumpy and unfriendly manservant, Jo Jo (renamed Joe in a later, bowdlerised, version), and the mysterious fellow calling himself Bill Smugs (real name: Bill Cunningham). A trip to the Island's abandoned copper mines yields an unexpected surprise as they discover a sinister operation being conducted in the abandoned shafts. The Castle of AdventureThe children and Mrs. Mannering travel to a lonely mountain hut, which lies close to an old castle. Curious about the ruin, and eager to watch a family of eagles nesting in it, the children explore the place. Jack decides to stay overnight in the castle courtyard, and finds he is not alone. He finds men doing bad things and quickly alerts his close friends who get help! In 1990 a TV adaptation of The Castle of Adventure was made and became popular with a teenage audience. It is still available, though mostly in VHS form. The Valley of AdventurePreparing for a trip by plane with Bill, the four children inadvertently go into the wrong plane, which takes off under frightening circumstances — and find themselves stranded in an isolated valley scarred by war, and at the mercy of sinister men looking for a long-lost treasure... The Sea of AdventureBill takes the foursome on a trip to a Scottish island to help them recover from measles. But amongst the islands, they stumble upon a sinister plot; Bill disappears, and the children are left alone to find out where he is and what is going on... The Mountain of AdventureHoping for a quiet holiday for once, the children, Kiki, Mrs. Mannering and Bill head off for a farm in Wales for some wandering. But on the search for the Vale of Butterflies, the children get lost and find themselves in close proximity to a mysterious mountain. Ominous rumblings of the ground, a pack of wolves roaming the area, a black fugitive, and Philip's disappearance are but a few of the mysteries the children have to unravel about the mountain... The Ship of AdventureOn a trip to the Mediterranean, Lucy-Ann acquires a ship in a bottle, which proves to be the key to the location of a long-lost treasure. But eager as the children are to find it, they soon have to deal with a sinister adversary who will stop at nothing to get the riches for himself... The Circus of AdventureWho is the strange pompous boy Bill has invited to for the holidays? The children soon come to discover that he is a prince, and as such he has enemies. Jack and Kiki find themselves following the others who are kidnapped and taken to a strange country — but they find help in a circus, and with his new friends Jack will soon decide the fate of an entire nation... The River of AdventureRecovering from a very bad flu, the four children and their family make a river trip in Middle East. But not only for an innocent occasion; Bill has received the task to watch a crook named Raya Uma. The children soon find another adventure revolving around a magnificent buried city filled with treasure beyond imagination... |
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