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. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage Review by Keith Robinson (January 1, 2005) This book kicks off the series and introduces the main characters along with a bunch of others. If there is a The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage SparkNotes, Shmoop guide, or Cliff Notes, you can find a link to each study guide below. Among the summaries and analysis available for The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, there are 1 Short Summary and 1 Book Review. Read “Mystery #01 — The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage”, by Enid Blyton online on Bookmate – Who could have set fire to Mr Hick's cottage? The suspects include a tramp and even the housekeeper, Mrs Minn. 'The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage' is the first in the series (there are 15 titles in all) featuring the Five Find-Outers and Dog and we are introduced to the characters: Frederick Algernon 'Fatty' Trotteville, a generous sole whose nickname comes from his initials FAT Laurence 'Larry' Daykin, the eldest of the five and the leader in this first.

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The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage
Author	Enid Blyton
Illustrator	Joseph Abbey
Series	The Five Find-Outers
Published	1943
Publisher	Methuen
Media type	Print

The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage is the first in the series of children's novels the Five Find-Outers by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1943 and continues to be frequently reissued.^[1]

Plot summary[edit]

The novel centres on the mystery of who could have set fire to Mr Hick’s cottage. The five children, Larry and Daisy Daykin, Pip and Bets Hilton, and newcomer Frederick Algernon Trotteville (later nicknamed Fatty from his initials), meet at the scene of the fire and end up solving the mystery together.

Their suspects include an old tramp, a dismissed servant, a hostile colleague, and the cook. They find certain clues: Broken-down nettles in a ditch, a footprint in a grassy field, and planes (which Mr. Hick mentions 'flew over' the other day).

The children realise that as Mr Hick claims to have been in the London train when the cottage was burnt, but by his own report he saw the planes which flew over the village at the same time, he is contradicting himself. Fatty finds out that the cottage and the burnt papers Mr Hick describes as 'most important' were insured. The children deduce that Mr Hick burnt his own cottage for the insurance money. The book also introduces Inspector Jenks, who turns out to help the children and becomes a good friend of theirs.

Characters[edit]

Mrs. Minns - The housekeeper of Mr. Hick, who suffers from rheumatism
Clear-Orf (Mr. Goon) - The policeman of Peterswood
Mr. Horace Peeks - A former employee of Mr. Hicks, sacked for wearing Mr Hick's clothes while Mr Hick was out and a suspect of burning down the cottage
Mr. Smellie - A learned scholar and former friend of Mr. Hick's. Also a suspect. Is obsessed with papers and documents like Mr Hick
Miss Miggle - A kindly and gentle employee of Mr. Smellie
Hannah - The sister of Mrs. Minns who smells the fire before Mrs Minns even notices it
Lily - An employee of Mr. Hick's and also reveals to be secretly dating Horace Peeks, as her father will not allow her to even walk with him
Inspector Jenks - A good friend of the Five Find-Outers and an inspector of police, always making Mr Goon nervous even though he is an extremely cheerful, kind and gentle man
Mrs. Hilton - Pip and Bets' strict mother
Mr.Hick
The Five Finder Outers

References[edit]

^The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage at Fantastic Fiction

External links[edit]

The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage at Faded Page (Canada)

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Publication Order of The Five Find-Outers Books

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

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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 i