The Enchanted Wood
core novel 1939 The Faraway Tree
Record
| First published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (30,882 ratings, collected 2026-10-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781405272193 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home in the country, an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep, where the trees whisper their secrets. And when they discover the Faraway Tree, a huge tree inhabited by fairy-folk, it proves to be the beginning of many magical adventures: with their new friends Moonface, Silky and the Saucepan Man they climb to the top, through the cloud, to whichever magical land has come to rest there. The first story in the Faraway Tree series, first published in 1939.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Faraway Tree
- Series: The Faraway Tree core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Enid Blyton
Notes
- First published by Newnes in 1939; the ISBN recorded is a modern Egmont edition (pre-ISBN rule).
- From the series record (The Faraway Tree): Enid Blyton's stories of the Enchanted Wood and the magic tree whose top leads to other lands.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Faraway Tree: position 1 of 4: next The Magic Faraway Tree (1943)
Sources
- Wikipedia (The Faraway Tree)
- Series page on the rating platform (ratings with titles)
- Egmont (publisher description, via Scholastic UK)
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