Over the Gate - Couverture rigide

Read, Miss

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0783816561 ISBN 13 : 9780783816562

Editeur : G K Hall & Co, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Read Miss

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

Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook -- and used with alarming consequences -- to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic grace and vigor, Miss Read retells many treasured stories of Fairacre past and present.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: G K Hall & Co
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0783816561
• ISBN 13: 9780783816562
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Goodall John S.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible