It even updated its description of writer Rudyard Kipling, who authored The Jungle Book and short stories like The Man Who Would Be King, noting the “racist and imperialist sentiments” in his works. In its statement, English Heritage defended its updated description of Blyton’s work saying, “Our website entries aim to provide a fuller picture of each person’s life, including aspects that people may find troubling.” Seuss won’t be published again, over ‘hurtful & wrong’ imagery
Blyton died on 28 November 1968.Īlso read: These 6 children books by Dr. She wrote over 700 books and approximately 4,500 short stories, selling more than 600 million copies globally, and is best known for the books Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven, and Malory Towers. It offered Blyton’s book ‘The Little Black Doll’ as an example, in which one of the characters, Sambo, “is only accepted by his owner” once his black face is washed “clean by rain”.īorn in East Dulwich in 1897, Blyton briefly worked as a teacher and governess until April 1924, when she began writing children’s stories, books, poems etc. The website states: “Blyton’s work has been criticised during her lifetime and after for its racism, xenophobia and lack of literary merit”. On 17 June, English Heritage, a UK-based charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places, updated its online description of Blyton and her work to include some “uncomfortable aspects”. New Delhi: Popular British author Enid Blyton, whose books have been read by children across the world, raked up headlines again after a UK-based charity flagged that her body of work has been criticised as racist and xenophobic.
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