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Miss Read
Full Series List in Order
Caxley
1 - The Market Square (1966)2 - The Howards of Caxley (1967)
Fairacre
1 - Village School (1955)2 - Village Diary (1957)
3 - Storm in the Village (1958)
4 - Miss Clare Remembers (1962)
5 - Over the Gate (1964)
6 - Village Christmas (1966)
7 - Fairacre Festival (1968)
8 - Emily Davis (1971)
9 - Tyler's Row (1972)
10 - Christmas Mouse (1973)
11 - Farther Afield (1974)
12 - No Holly for Miss Quinn (Nov-1976)
13 - Village Affairs (1977)
14 - The White Robin (1979)
15 - Village Centenary (1980)
16 - Summer at Fairacre (1984)
17 - Mrs. Pringle (1989)
18 - Changes at Fairacre (1991)
19 - Fairwell to Fairacre (1993)
20 - A Peaceful Retirement (1996)
Thrush Green
1 - Thrush Green (1959)2 - Winter in Thrush Green (1961)
3 - News from Thrush Green (1970)
4 - Battles at Thrush Green (1975)
5 - Return to Thrush Green (1978)
6 - Gossip from Thrush Green (1981)
7 - Affairs at Thrush Green (1983)
8 - At Home in Thrush Green (1985)
9 - School at Thrush Green (1987)
10 - Friends at Thrush Green (1990)
11 - Celebrations at Thrush Green (1992)
12 - Year at Thrush Green (1995)
Book List in Order: 56 titles
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Fresh from the Country
- Jan-1955
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Anna Lacey had spent almost all her twenty years in her Essex farmhouse home. Her kindly parents, rural friends, and country childhood had not prepared her for the shock of transplantation to a new raw suburb for her first year as a teacher.......
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Village School
- 1955
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The first novel in the beloved Fairacre series, VILLAGE SCHOOL introduces the remarkable schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of children, who, with a mixture of skinned knees and smiles, are just as likely to lose themselves as their mitte...
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Village Diary
- 1957
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“If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Fairacre.” -- Jan Karon Miss Read once again transports readers to the picturesque English village of Fairacre with her Village Diary. Having received a beautiful diary for...
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Storm in the Village
- 1958
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Alarming rumours are circulating in Fairacre. One bright spring morning two strangers arrive in Hundred-Acre Field, which lies beside Miss Clare's cottage, and the village bush-telegraph begins to buzz. A large housing estate is to be built here and...
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Thrush Green
- 1959
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Discover the little English village that neighbors Fairacre, in a novel that’s “enchanting, lovely, gentle, pointed, and charming” (Minneapolis Sunday Tribune). Miss Read's charming chronicles of English small-town life have achieved legendary ...
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Winter in Thrush Green
- 1961
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A retired bachelor’s arrival brings changes to a Cotswolds village: “There is never a dull moment in Thrush Green.” -- The New York Times Book ReviewDistinguished bachelor Harold Shoosmith has retired to the English village of Thrush Green. Bu...
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Miss Clare Remembers
- 1962
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With humour and charm 'Miss Read' brings to life the countryside of the past. Born into a home where food and clothing were hard-earned, where oil and candles were luxuries, Miss Clare--retired village schoolmistress and devoted countrywoman--looks b...
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Over the Gate
- 1964
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“Here you’ll find delicious wit, quirky characters, the colorful intrigues of daily life, and certainly love and laughter. . . . Delightful.” -- Jan Karon Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excel...
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The Market Square
- 1966
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'There was no other place quite like it.' Round the market square the life of Caxley revolved, from horse-drawn drays to the noisy new motors and the aeroplanes which the young men of Caxley longed to fly, from the coronation of King Edward VII to t...
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Village Christmas
- 1966
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In Village Christmas, the Emery family is preparing to celebrate their first Christmas in Fairacre, having moved from London just three months before, and to welcome the birth of their fourth child. When the unexpected happens on Christmas morning, t...
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Fairacre Festival
- 1968
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The English village of Fairacre, comfortably nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, is a picturesque place of tile-roof cottages, a historic church, a post office, and a small primary school. Through the school's beloved headmistress, Miss Read, we m...
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News from Thrush Green
- 1970
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From the author of the Fairacre series: “The more turbulent the real world, the more charming we may find the stability of Miss Read’s tiny fictional world.” -- Los Angeles Times Thrush Green is never quite as quiet as it first appears. When a...
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Emily Davis
- 1971
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In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventu...
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Tyler's Row
- 1972
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The cottages called Tyler's Row, with their warm thatch and leaded panes, were intended to provide a haven of peace for the Hales. Sandwiched between the redoubtable Sergeant Burnaby and poisonous Mrs. Fowler, however, they soon found that Fairacre ...
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Christmas Mouse
- 1973
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WONDERING AT THE PLEASURE IT HAD GIVEN HER. IN THE NEXT BEDROOM, HER LITTLE DAUGHTER STRUGGLED TO KEEP AWAKE TO DISCOVER IF FATHER CHRISTMAS REALLY BROUGHT THE PRESENTS. BEFORE THE LIGHT OF CHRISTMAS DAY DAWNED, MUCH WAS DECIDED IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE....
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Farther Afield
- 1974
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When Miss Read falls down the stairs and breaks her arm on the first day of the summer holidays, her old friend Amy whisks her off to recuperate on the island of Crete. The change of scene provides a welcome break and gives the two women time to tak...
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Battles at Thrush Green
- 1975
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A new season brings changes -- and hope -- to the little English village of Thrush Green, from the beloved author of the Fairacre series. Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place. But as autumn turns to ...
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No Holly for Miss Quinn
- Nov-1976
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Miriam Quinn has never married. She's a kind, but unsentimental lady. By today's standards, she's still young, but fifty years ago she would have been called an old maid! She's an efficient office manger and has a well ordered life that she enjoys. H...
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Village Affairs
- 1977
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“Delicious wit, quirky characters, [and] the colorful intrigues of daily life” make Fairacre America’s favorite English village (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times"bestselling author). The English village of Fairacre may appear idyllically p...
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Return to Thrush Green
- 1978
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Both the good and the bad find sanctuary in an English village -- “You’ll relish a visit to Thrush Green” (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times"bestselling author). It’s spring again in the village of Thrush Green, and with the changing of ...
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The White Robin
- 1979
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When a white robin comes to the quiet village of Fairacre, it becomes the focus of nationwide attention. Nicknamed 'Snowboy’, 'Snowball’, 'Snowflake', the villagers adopt him as their own. But their pride is short-lived and their hopes brutally ...
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Village Centenary
- 1980
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The great centenary year unfolds -- with its hopes and fears, its memories and forecasts, its friendships and feuds. The village school is a hundred years old and Miss Read, the schoolmistress, is fully occupied trying to recapture the march of th...
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Gossip from Thrush Green
- 1981
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Tongues are wagging in this charming novel of English village life -- “If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Thrush Green” (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times"bestselling author). Gossip from Thrush Green retu...
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Affairs at Thrush Green
- 1983
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Make a visit to this English village: “What you will find in the novels of Miss Read is an aura of warm happiness.” -- The Columbus Dispatch In the quaint English village of Thrush Green, a terrible fire has burned the rectory to the ground. Now...
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Summer at Fairacre
- 1984
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“For those who miss the Waltons, or who can’t get enough of Jan Karon, Fairacre is an excellent place to visit” (Publishers Weekly). After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her downlan...
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At Home in Thrush Green
- 1985
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The villagers of Thrush Green are all determined to make the newcomers welcome, but it's not easy .. . The new residents inhabit the new retirement homes built on the site of Thrush Green's ugly old rectory, destroyed by fire, and there is heated ...
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More Stories from Thrush Green
- Nov-1985
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Gossip, squabbles, domestic drama and the quiet rhythms of country living ... this is the world of "Miss Read". This omnibus edition contains three Thrush Green novels: "Battles at Thrush Green", "Return to Thrush Green" and "Gossip from Thrush Green...
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School at Thrush Green
- 1987
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Two favorite villagers make a life-changing decision. “If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Thrush Green” (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times"bestselling author). The School at Thrush Green returns readers to ...
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Time Remembered
- 1987
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An affectionate and unashamedly nostalgic portrait of 'Miss Read's' first introduction to village life and to the village school. At the age of seven Dora Saint, the young girl who later, as 'Miss Read', became a household name, moved from the hustl...
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The World of Thrush Green
- Oct-1989
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Reveals the real Thrush Green behind the author's fictional English village, the settling for her popular novels, in a combination of memoirs, sketches of characters real and imagined, and scenes from her books...
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Friends at Thrush Green
- 1990
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Old and new friends find a warm welcome in the cozy English village of Thrush Green -- “Miss Read’s novels are sheer delight” (Chicago Tribune). There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-Sea af...
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Changes at Fairacre
- 1991
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Even a small English village can’t escape growing pains -- “If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Fairacre.” (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times"bestselling author). Times are changing in the charming downl...
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Celebrations at Thrush Green
- 1992
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Save the date for some English village fun: “You’ll relish a visit to Thrush Green” (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times"bestselling author). In the Cotswolds village of Thrush Green, celebrations are underway. A statue of Nathaniel Patten ha...
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Christmas at Fairacre
- Nov-1992
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A delightful Christmas collection of Fairacre tales from the ever-popular Miss Read. The people of Fairacre celebrate Christmas in a traditional style which has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families...
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Fairwell to Fairacre
- 1993
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The last novel in the beloved Fairacre series finds Miss Read with important decisions to make. Gradually worsening health forces her to consider an early retirement. John Jenkins, a handsome newcomer, competes for her affections with the newly widow...
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Year at Thrush Green
- 1995
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A year in the life of your favorite English villagers from Thrush Green: “Miss Read’s novels are sheer delight” (Chicago Tribune). Circling the seasons at Thrush Green, Miss Read returns to the Cotswold village already beloved by her rea...
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Tales from a Village School
- Oct-1995
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Our thirty-ninth book by Miss Read is a delightful collection of forty stories, first published forty years ago in England and collected here for the first time in book form. Based on Miss Read's (the real-life Dora Saint) own lifelong involvement wi...
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A Peaceful Retirement
- 1996
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“If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Fairacre.” -- Jan Karon After many years of teaching in the charming English village of Fairacre, Miss Read settles down to what she hopes will be a relaxing retirement. Bu...
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Early Days
- Jun-1996
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The enchanting childhood memoirs of bestselling author Miss Read.Miss Read's early days were spent with two remarkable grandmothers - one in Lewisham and one in Walton-on-the-Naze. EARLY DAYS is full of childhood memories of an extended family of unc...
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Fairacre Affairs
- Jun-1999
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An omnibus including two stories in the Fairacre series: "Village Centenary" and "Summer at Fairacre". The two stories recount the everyday life of this small but lively Cotswold village, all the familiar characters playing their part....
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Farewell, Thrush Green
- Sep-2001
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This final Thrush Green omnibus contains the last two books in that series, CELEBRATIONS AT THRUSH GREEN and THE YEAR AT THRUSH GREEN. Whilst the village has seen many changes over the years, some events go on and on. Young children start their educa...
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Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre
- Oct-2001
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There’s no pleasing Mrs. Pringle -- and everyone in Fairacre knows it. “Miss Read’s novels are sheer delight” (Chicago Tribune). Miss Read is certain of one thing -- she won’t be forced to hire grumpy Mrs. Pringle to straighten up he...
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Country Christmas
- Oct-2006
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Taken from the original omnibus CHRISTMAS AT FAIRACRE, Miss Read's wonderfully festive collection of Christmas stories is packed with entertaining characters and enchanting stories. From the rural festivities in Village Christmas and Jingle Bells to ...
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Miss Clare Remembers and Emily Davis
- Nov-2007
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Two novels in the beloved Fairacre series, full of “delicious wit, quirky characters . . . and certainly love and laughter” (Jan Karon). In the English village of Fairacre, retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis en...
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Christmas at Thrush Green
- Oct-2009
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The people of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas in a traditional style which has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families go to Church together, and everyone enjoys Christmas cake and other treats of the ...
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Christmas with Miss Read
- Dec-2012
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Two Christmas novels from Miss Read - the perfect festive treat!
CHRISTMAS AT FAIRACRE
From an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve in 'The Christmas Mouse' to an unwelcome change of plan in 'No Holly for Miss Quinn', Miss Read recounts so... -
Mrs. Griffin Sends Her Love
- Dec-2015
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A nostalgic collection on rural schools, childhood and English country life from the much-loved author of VILLAGE SCHOOL.From organising the school summer fete...'Because of our inability to recognise our climatic shortcomings from the outset, arrang...
