![]() These books have Nancy driving a blue Mustang convertible. They tend to take turns being with Nancy with the other being unavailable, which actually makes a lot more sense than in the original 56 when not only Bess and George, but Ned, Burt, and Dave are able to drop everything and join Nancy at a moment's notice anywhere on the planet. Bess Marvin and George Fayne are in most of the books that is, at least one of the two girls is present. Ned Nickerson does stick around but appears only sporadically. It was my quest to acquire hardcover versions of the paperback titles that led me to the different library bindings.Īfter the early group of paperbacks, the series does slowly change with Burt Eddleton and Dave Evans disappearing from the series, never to reappear. Many people avoid the paperbacks simply because they are paperbacks and would collect the paperbacks if the books had been issued in the Grosset and Dunlap hardcover editions. #57 and #59 through about #70 are very much like the higher-numbered volumes of the original 56, and the only real difference is that they are paperback books rather than hardcover books. However, when read in order right after the original 56, Nancy Drew is not much different at all. ![]() Some people say that Nancy Drew is dramatically different in the paperbacks and that she is not the real Nancy Drew. ![]() Nancy is often accompanied by her friends Bess, George, Ned, Burt, and Dave while she solves her mysteries. Nancy now has reddish-blond hair and drives a blue convertible. It is this Nancy Drew that people refer to when they say that Nancy Drew is 'perfect.' The original Nancy Drew is not perfect, but this one is perfect, or at least very close to perfect. One cannot imagine this Nancy ever having a hair out of place. Nancy is still smart and daring, but she is no longer flippant or excitable. In these books, Nancy becomes more sedate and is nearly always calm, cool, and collected. Volumes 35 through 56 and the revised versions of volumes 1 through 34 are 20 chapters and around 180 pages each. Burt and Dave do appear in the revised versions of several of the early texts. Burt Eddleton and Dave Evans are not present in the earliest texts and are not mentioned until volume 20. Ned Nickerson meets Nancy in volume 7, and the attraction is mutual. Helen Corning is Nancy's friend in the earliest books, but by volume 5, Bess Marvin and George Fayne are Nancy's closest friends, and Helen only appears occasionally. Nancy has blond hair and drives a smart blue roadster. The early Nancy Drew is smart, adventurous, flippant, and daring. The first 34 Nancy Drew books in the original texts published from 1930 to 1956 contain 25 chapters and around 210 to 225 pages each. List of Nancy Drew titles and publication dates However, Walter Karig is also considered important because the three volumes he wrote are favorites with many readers. Mildred Wirt Benson and Harriet Adams are considered the two most important Nancy Drew authors, and both women had a profound effect on the Nancy Drew series. The writers were hired by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and followed outlines that were provided by the Syndicate. ![]() #1-7,11-25, and 30 by Mildred Wirt Benson The original 56 stories were written by various people under the pseudonym of Carolyn Keene: The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories were first published in 1930 by Grosset and Dunlap. ![]()
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