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Five Have a Wonderful Time

  • 1952 first published
  • 201 pages
  • 26 editions

Enid Blyton's Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952) is a circus fiction and adventure fiction novel. It deals with Famous Five, aventuras, Behavior and friendship.

15 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 26 editions across 4 languages.

At about 201 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

About Five Have a Wonderful Time

The Famous Five are having a brilliant time -- on holiday in horse-drawn caravans -- and they've discovered a ruined castle nearby! The castle looked deserted from a distance -- but is that a face at the window? Or is it a trick of the light? The Famous Five just have to find out! Just who is hiding in the castle?
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Cinco famosos, Personajes literarios
  • Novela juvenil
  • Famous Five
  • Aventuras
  • Adventure stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Behavior
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • English Detective and mystery stories
  • Friendship
  • Children
  • Circus
  • Camps
  • Scientists
  • Missing persons

Quick answers

Who wrote Five Have a Wonderful Time?

Five Have a Wonderful Time was written by Enid Blyton and first published in 1952.

What genre is Five Have a Wonderful Time?

It is usually shelved as Circus & Carnival and Adventure.

How long is Five Have a Wonderful Time?

The median edition has 201 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Five Have a Wonderful Time?

Readers who like it often enjoy Madeline and the Gypsies, Fat Tuesday and The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas.

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