Blyton characters to make a comeback

SOME of Enid Blyton’s best-loved characters are to return in a new series of adventures, her estate said yesterday.

The Famous Five, The Faraway Tree and Malory Towers will be revisited in 20 new books planned by the author’s estate.

Chorion, which owns the rights to Blyton’s characters, said the stories would be released over the next two years and would “remain true to Blyton’s classic storytelling style and values”.