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The children arrive to watch the cottage burning, but Mr Goon tells them to clear orf!


The Find-Outers look for clues in the garden behind Mr Hick's burnt cottage.


Mr Hick is angry when he finds the children snooping about his house again!

The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage. 4.10 3877 Ratings 167 Reviews published 1943 89 editions. Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pep, Bets and Buster the. Download The Mystery Of The Burnt Cottage download ebook or read online books in PDF, EPUB, Tuebl, textbook and Mobi Format. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Mystery Of The Burnt Cottage download ebook book now. This site is like a library, Use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Buy The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (The Mystery Series) by Blyton, Enid (ISBN: 937) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Title: The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton Classics Author: Enid Blyton Subject: Downloads PDF The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid BlytonClassics Books The Find-Outers is a brilliant mystery series from bestselling author Enid Blyton, perfect for fans of The Secret Seven. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.


As the Find-Outers mull things over by the river, Inspector Jenks overhears them.

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Review by Keith Robinson (January 1, 2005)

This book kicks off the series and introduces the main characters along with a bunch of others. My mental image of Mr Goon, the local policeman, is pretty well fleshed out from having read the entire series when I was young, but he only has a bit part in the first book and hasn't been fully realized. The story starts with Larry and Daisy Daykin spotting a flare up out the window at about half past nine one evening. They get dressed and sneak out of the house with Larry explaining (a little vaguely) that 'Mummy and Daddy are busy, so they won't know anything about the fire.' Vagueness about unnecessary details is Enid Blyton's style throughout this series. Parents never get in the way of the plot.

So they head outside and meet Pip and Bets Hilton, who have also snuck out. Together they race down the lane to find Mr Hick's cottage burning. There, in the garden along with other onlookers, they meet Frederick Algernon Trotteville, a plump boy with a small black Scottish Terrier named Buster. Later the others pick up the initials of Frederick's name, F.A.T., and henceforth call him Fatty. Introduced in the first chapter is Mr Goon, the local policeman, who is not described much but whose first words are, 'Clear orf, you!'

We're introduced to a number of characters throughout the story as the children set about solving the mystery of the burnt cottage; who started the fire, and why? Mr Hick's staff includes Mrs Minns the cook, Lily the young maid, Horace Peeks the man-servant, and Thomas the chauffeur. (How the other half live, eh?) Then there's Mr Hick's colleague Mr Smellie, a doddery old man interested only in old parchments. His housekeeper is Miss Miggle. There's also a tramp and, towards the end, we meet Inspector Jenks, a much nicer man than that horrid stick-in-the-mud Mr Goon! All the characters are pretty colorful and their dialogue nicely conveys their personalities.

From memory I knew who the culprit was before starting into this book, but it was still fun to read. Several aspects of the story are questionable, such as the piece of torn fabric Fatty found in a bush. Realistically the Find-Outers should have figured that bit out straight away. And you have to wonder how dumb Mr Goon and all the other adults really are for not figuring things out before the children.

There's an important scene where some planes fly over, and for twenty-five years I've remembered those planes as Tempests (first flown right about when the book was written in 1943). But this book just says 'jets'...so am I remembering wrong, or did the publisher change it for some reason? Jets in 1943, when this book was written? I think not. I think my memory is correct. Does anyone have an older copy of this book to confirm this?

'Your memory certainly is correct,' says Heather from Australia. 'In my 1953 edition (published by the original publishers Methuen) the planes are definitely Tempests. I (being a girl and not interested in aeroplanes in the slightest) never had any idea what Tempests were, I just assumed they were something special in the old days.'

Review by Heather from Australia (January 6, 2005)

Being the first adventure where the children meet Fatty, this book is one of my favourites. This is despite the character of Fatty not yet being very well developed, and the rest of the Find-Outers don't hold him with much esteem at this point (except of course Bets who hero-worshipped him from the beginning). This is the only adventure where Larry and Pip hold more of a leadership role before they are eclipsed by Fatty's obvious abilities and his self-proclaimed 'brains' in the later books. As in all the books, it is of course Fatty who notices the clue at the end and wraps up the mystery nicely. Larry does assert his authority occasionally and 'squash' Fatty a little, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Bets is one of my favourites, always speaking her mind and providing some entertaining remarks about her 'glues'. She tries so hard to be like the 'big ones', and always puts in her full effort. In most of the books she manages to spot an important detail, and in this one she finds the tramp ('the most important glue of all') and also puts them on the trail of the mysterious footprints. Pip makes most of his comments and appearances as a rather dominant older brother in this book—he plays very few integral parts in the mystery, except for spotting a rather useless 'clue'. Daisy also takes a back seat, mostly there as scenery. She is an integral part of some interviews, and befriends Mrs Minns' kittens which leads to helping cut down their list of suspects.

I also like the way Inspector (later Chief-Inspector and Superintendent) Jenks is discovered doing a leisure activity rather than in a role as a lawman. Mr Goon makes his appearance right at the beginning, but manages to hold on to his stead as a serious policeman early on before being branded a buffoon. This is one of the mysteries where he shines a little more, tracking down the same suspects as the children and following them only a little later. However, he isn't able to spot the final clue and so is unable to solve the mystery.

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This is one of those mysteries that is impossible to completely solve before the final clue is revealed, although I had an inkling of whodunnit in my first reading because a person's basic character in all of Enid Blyton's mysteries always has a bearing on what part they play. A character with bad morals or behaviour is almost always the culprit, or one of the bad guys. The best thing of all about this book is it begins a wonderful mystery series with lovable characters that I will probably never get tired of reading about.

Publication Order of The Five Find-Outers Books

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The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage(1943)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Strange Bundle(1943)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat(1944)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Secret Room(1945)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters(1946)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Missing Necklace(1947)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Hidden House(1948)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat(1949)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Invisible Thief(1950)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince(1951)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of Holly Lane(1953)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage(1954)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Strange Messages(1956)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of the Missing Man(1956)Amazon.de | Amazon.com
The Mystery of Banshee Towers(1961)Amazon.de | Amazon.com

The series Five Find-Outers also known as Five Find-Outers and a dog, falls under the genre of the mystery series. The book is meant to target the younger audience and features a group of five young kids along with a dog, who always end up solving one mystery after another hence the name Five Find-Outers.

The series is set in a fictional village named Peterswood. The five main characters of the series are namely Larry (Laurence Daykin), Daisy (Margaret Daykin), Pip (Phillip Hilton), Bets (Elizabeth Hilton) and Fatty (Frederick Algernon Trotteville). The dog in the series is Fatty’s Scottish terrier names as buster who follows the gang around in helping solving the mysteries.Character details:Fatty- full name Frederick Algernon Trotteville is probably the most important protagonist of the series.

Fatty earned his name because of the initials of his real name plus the fact that he is more stoutly built then the kids around him. Unlike the rest of the friends in his group of 5 Fatty comes from a wealthy family, and being the only child of his parents Fatty has his fare share of riches from his parents and even his relatives. Fatty likes to invest his riches in props that can help in solve mysteries; these include disguise items such as clothes, wigs, false teeth and other deceiving items to change his identity. Even though Fatty has boastful nature and his financial dominance over his other friends might bring about some hard feelings, Fatty is by heart a good natured and willing to spend his money among other people. Over the period of time Fatty spends with the group he learns some levels of modesty so that his fellow mates might not feel uncomfortable around him.

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With a zest to be the finest detective Fatty works hard at the school where he studies and stands out as one of the prominent students of the class.Larry- full name Laurence Daykin is the first character that is introduced to the readers in the series. Larry is the eldest of the five in the group and brother to his younger sister Margaret Daykin also a part of the group. During the first two books of the series Larry is considered to the leader of the group, however in the third book Larry hands over the position of the leader of the crew to Fatty after he proves himself worthy of leading the group. During the series to follow Larry’s character development does not comes to par with that of his other group members.Daisy- full name Margaret Daykin is Larry’s younger sister. Daisy is considered as the brains of the whole group, in fact Daisy is given the credit for coming up with the idea of forming Five Finder-Outer, and Daisy has a knack for coming up with resourceful ideas for the group.

Pip- full name Philip Hilton is the elder of the two Hilton’s in the five finders. He is the elder brother to Bets, Pip’s parents aren’t very much appreciative of his mystical endeavors and rather want him to focus on his education; however Pip is an integral part of the Five Finder-Outer and always finds a way to join forces with his friend in solving mysteries.Bets- full name Elizabeth Hilton is the younger sister of Pip Hilton and also the youngest member of the five people in the crew. Bet’s has been one of those characters who are portrayed as underdogs. Bet’s is only part of the crew because of her fascination with Fatty, she adores him like an idol, also Bet’s time and again proves her worth in the series by finding vital clues helping the crew to come up with the solution. Bet’s is also given credit for coming up with the name of ‘Five Find-Outer and Dog’ for the group.The group usually pursues the mysteries during their summer vacations.

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As the series start apart from Bet’s all of the other four members attend Boarding school however Bet’s goes to day school which frustrates her most. The adventures of the Five Find-Outer begins with the first book of the series name “The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage” which was published in year 1943, the series lasted for another 14 books with “The Mystery of Banshee Towers” being the final one published in (1961).

Books of the series: Brief summary-‘The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage’: it is the first book in the series and introduces us to the five main characters. Interestingly at the start of the series the group of four i.e. Larry, Daisy, Bet’s and Pip were all skeptical of Fatty and letting him be the part of the group, however as the story goes on Fatty inherently becomes the binding member of the whole group. The series also features an interesting head to head battle of the wits between the policeman of the town Mr. Goon and the Five Find-Outers.

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The first book of the series circulates around the mystery when in one night of summer vacations the cottage of Mr. Hick’s catches fire under unknown circumstances. Eager to find the answer behind this tragedy the group sets off in the pursuit of the person who did this all the while running from Mr. Goon the policeman who doesn’t likes them meddling in the affairs of the police.

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Brief summary-‘The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat’: Mystery of the Disappearing Cat was the second part of the series that followed. Much like the first series the incident in the book takes place in the summer vacations, when a new neighbor comes to live next door to Hiltons much to the delight of Pip and Bets who enjoy the cats their neighbor Lady Candling brought with her. The children get around making friends with a young boy named Luke who works under Mr. Tupping the gardener. Mr. Tupping is disliked by the children for his mistreatment to Luke, however the real mystery starts when one of Lady Candlings most prized cat, ‘Dark Queen’ goes missing and all the clues point towards the direction of Luke, hence the children set of for solving the real criminal behind the case and to prove the innocence of their friend Luke, all the while having a neck to neck race with Mr. Goon over the case.

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