The Year at Thrush Green - Couverture souple

Read, Miss

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618884440 ISBN 13 : 9780618884445

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2008

Synopsis

The Year at Thrush Green Miss Read circles the seasons of village life in the English countryside. "This magical blend of nostalgia and country life has wooed her readers for an astonishing forty years".--Times Educational Supplement. Miss Read's books have sold more than 3 million copies. 21 line drawings. Full description

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Miss Read, or in real life Dora Saint, was a teacher by profession who started writing after the second world war, beginning with light essays written for Punch and other journals. She then wrote on educational and country matters and worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC. Miss Read was married to a schoolmaster for sixty-four years until his death in 2004, and they had one daughter.

Miss Read was awarded an MBE in the 1998 New Year Honours list for her services to literature, She was the author of many immensely popular books, including two autobiographical works, but it was her novels of English rural life for which she was best known. The first of these Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write about the fictional villages of Fairacre and Thrush Green for many years. She lived near Newbury in Berkshire until her death in 2012.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Circling the seasons at Thrush Green, Miss Read looks in on a host of characters -- whimsical, eccentric, always keenly observed -- and their daily affairs. By year’s end these stories are satisfyingly interlocked, capturing a bygone era with the charm and humor that give Miss Read her enduring appeal.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0618884440
• ISBN 13: 9780618884445
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Illustrateur: Goodall John S.