"Mary Poppins" who wrote? Travers, Mary Poppins. "Mary Poppins" - a fairy tale

A wonderful adaptation of the fairy tale about Mary Poppins conquered the hearts of millions of children throughout the Soviet Union, but few know details about the book itself and its author. A lot of adaptations, productions and imitators, that's what got the image of Mary Poppins.

Summary

The fairy tale begins with how the Banks family gathers for morning tea at the table and begins to reflect on the fact that they will need a new nanny. Many nannies were already working in this house, but none of them could find a common language with the children who live here, they are Michael, Jane and the twins: John and Barbara. And at this very moment the author Mary Poppins first appears on the pages of a fairy tale. This is a determined girl, who immediately appears to family members and says that she is their new nanny.

How Mary Poppins appeared

But to any member of a family it is not clear, how this young person at the house of Banks has appeared. It seems that she either emerged from the air or descended from the sky with her umbrella-cane, which is constantly in her hands. She loves family members of Banks, for them she is Miss Perfection, who does not and can not have any drawbacks, except for one thing - she loves to follow her reflection in the shop windows. But it's hardly a drawback, considering how charming Mary Poppins is.

The writer describes the new nanny of the family as strict and demanding, but the children are very pleased with her, because she understands them perfectly and can easily find a common language with them. She demonstrates to her pupils incredible tricks, gives a potion that turns into a scoop into ice cream, climbs up the staircase rails, unbuttons buttons and children's clothes hooks, just by looking at them.

Why the nanny likes children so much

Nanny is fascinated not only by children, animals and even statues find her wonderful. She introduces her charges to the boy with the dolphin, whose statue is in the city park and learns about the details of the life of a stray dog and one of the neighboring dogs, Mary Poppins is capable of all this. The fairy tale describes not just a good nanny, she has excellent manners and teaches the same children.

Like a real fairy nanny, she does magic things. She has not only an umbrella that she always carries with her, but also a huge carpet bag, in which there are a variety of things, sometimes such that in fact they are unlikely to fit in a bag of this size. Simply put, this is an excellent nanny, better not to think of. She is a real sorceress, but not ordinary, her main concern is the children she thinks about and can always come to their aid, even in the most unexpected situations.

Mary Poppins and her charges

The author Mary Poppins allows the reader to guess where this fairy nurse came from. When pupils Michael and Jane ask her about how much time with them she will remain, the witch replies that it depends only on the wind, because it is with his help that she moves from one family to another. Nurse shows his pupils a lot of miracles, but, strangely enough, this magic is interesting only for children, adults do not find anything remarkable in it. Mary Poppins tells her charges about what is happening in the zoo at night, about the house in which the children live, depicted on a porcelain dish, and shows them all this.

She tells the children how the stars appear in the sky. According to her, she herself refers there the small asterisks of foil that Jane and Michael make and glues them in the sky. Children are full of joy, they find themselves in a magical world, in a fairy tale full of magic and miracles, which any child dreams of. They worry only about the fact that when they become adults, they will forget about everything that happened to them. After all, very often adults forget what happened to them in childhood, but still children hope that in their hearts forever will be the best nanny in the world - Mary Poppins.

Who wrote this fairy tale

The author of the book, who flew into the whole civilized world, was the famous British writer Pamela Travers. The biography of the woman who gave the world to the nurse-wizard is as mysterious as the life of Mary Poppins herself. About the heroine, the writer herself said that it is difficult even to say who of whom invented it, that the idea of creating this character for a long time spun in her head and finally turned into a fairy tale, which is now known to every child.

Biography

It is very difficult to establish the details of her personal life, because she, like Mary Poppins, fantasized a lot about her life. The real name of the writer is Helen Lyndon Goff, and she was born in Australia on August 9, 1899. Her parents were British immigrants. The future author Mary Poppins has been fond of books since childhood, having learned to read at the age of three.

When little Lindy was seven years old, her father died, and her mother was forced to move to her relative. She arranged the girl in a boarding house, the director of which allowed her to read everything she wanted, and participate in school plays. Already at the age of 16 she had to get a job, because the family needed money. She became a stenographer, but continued to attend all the performances of Sydney, still dreaming of becoming an actress. Later she entered a theater group and decided to take the pseudonym Pamela Travers.

Mary Poppins and her story have already been seen in the future. Soon after she received her first applause on stage, she set about writing poetry and articles for various magazines. In 1924, she had already been asked to go to England as a correspondent.

The image of the nurse-sorceress

Here's how Mary Poppins appeared. Who wrote this work, known to many, but hardly anyone boasts a knowledge of the history of the creation of this tale. In this period, the author of the fairy tale was particularly influenced by the poet George Russell, who, like Pamela, believed in the existence of various magical beings and fairies. He taught her a lot of new things, told her about Celtic mythology, introduced to popular oriental teachings, Buddhism and Hinduism. He also introduced the future writer to another outstanding therefore - William Yeats, who contributed to the emergence of the image of Mary Poppins.

The author of the book about the adventures of the nurse-wizard began to create her image from stories that had success with the readers, but she decided to continue to develop the story about Mary Poppins. She continued to engage in journalism, even visited Russia, which resulted in the publication of the book "Moscow tour", which did not please the Soviet authorities.

Soon she gathered all her materials, which contained stories about Mary Poppins, and combined all these stories into a book that she published in the US, because the market there was wider than in England. The book was incredibly successful, and after it everyone remembered the name P. Travers. Mary Poppins became known all over the world. However, the writer was upset that her books were considered no more than fairy tales.

The success achieved by Pamela did not diminish her diligence, and she continued to engage in journalism and write reviews. In 1935, her friend and patron George Russell died. Now she had no one to share her journeys into the magical worlds. But already in 1938 she was lucky to get acquainted with Georgii Gurdjieff, the famous Theosophist, who was the founder of the nascent New Age movement. To drive acquaintance with such a person was considered exclusive, and for an ambitious writer this was a double bait. He was not only popular, but also engaged in dancing, which was so attractive to Pamela.

Children in the life of Pamela

But as before, the author of the stories about the sorceress nurse did not have enough of what her heroine Mary Poppins loved so much. Who wrote so much about children, should love them very much - this was true for Pamela. Since she was already 40 years old and still unmarried, she decided to take a foster child.

He became a sickly boy named Camillus, to whom she decided not to reveal the secrets of his origin and said that she was his own mother. The situation became more complicated when Camillus met his own brother and found out that he was adopted. They continued to live together, but Camillus never managed to get into life, he did not get an education and could not find a good job.

Income

In 1959, already secured Pamela signed a contract with Walt Disney for 100 thousand pounds from the sale of copyright to Mary Poppins. Who wrote a fairy tale, now will know not only the readers, but also fans of cartoons.

The writer's old age was rather calm. She taught at Harvard and Northampton, was fond of meditating and studying Buddhism in Japan. If before she was just a follower of great people, now she became a guru for others. Pamela became more and more withdrawn and rarely communicated with people. She left this world on April 23, 1996.

The heroine Mary Poppins helped every child to feel the magic and magic of the surrounding world. She tried to make it clear that both the child and the adult should not forget about the existence of magic in the world and continue to believe in it at any age.