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Miss Read (1913–2012)

Author of Village School

Includes the names: Miss Reed, Miss Read, Miss Read, Dora Saint, "Miss Read", pseud. Miss Read, Dora Jessie Saint, By (author) Miss Read, Dora as Miss Read. Saint, Miss Read (Mrs. Dora Saint) ... (see complete list), Dora Jessie Saint (Miss Read), Miss Read [ Dora Jessie Saint ], Illustrated by J.S. Goodall Miss Read, Illustrated By J. S. Goodall Miss Read, Miss Read (pen name used by Dora Saint), Illustrated by John S. Goodall Miss Read, Miss Read. Illustrated By Harry Grimley., MISS with illustrations by CROWE READ, DEREK

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Works by Miss Read
Village School 637 copies, 16 reviews
Thrush Green 426 copies, 12 reviews
Village Diary 307 copies, 7 reviews
Village Centenary 278 copies, 1 review
Over The Gate 266 copies, 4 reviews
News from Thrush Green 258 copies, 4 reviews
Summer at Fairacre 254 copies, 5 reviews
Return to Thrush Green 247 copies, 2 reviews
Winter in Thrush Green 246 copies, 4 reviews
Storm in the Village 241 copies, 6 reviews
Gossip from Thrush Green 240 copies, 1 review
Battles at Thrush Green 239 copies, 5 reviews
Affairs at Thrush Green 238 copies, 4 reviews
Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre 219 copies, 3 reviews
No Holly for Miss Quinn 218 copies, 4 reviews
The School at Thrush Green 210 copies, 4 reviews
At Home in Thrush Green 210 copies, 3 reviews
Farewell to Fairacre 209 copies, 2 reviews
Changes at Fairacre 208 copies, 1 review
Friends at Thrush Green 208 copies, 2 reviews
Village Affairs 207 copies, 2 reviews
Tyler's Row 202 copies, 3 reviews
Fresh from the Country 194 copies, 1 review
Farther Afield 188 copies, 2 reviews
A Peaceful Retirement 188 copies, 3 reviews
Miss Clare Remembers 186 copies, 4 reviews
The Fairacre Festival 177 copies, 4 reviews
Village Christmas 168 copies, 3 reviews
The Year at Thrush Green 156 copies, 1 review
Celebrations at Thrush Green 153 copies, 4 reviews
Chronicles of Fairacre: Village School / Village Diary / Storm in the… 147 copies, 1 review
Christmas at Fairacre: Village Christmas / Christmas Mouse / No Holly for… 146 copies, 4 reviews
The Market Square 127 copies, 2 reviews
The White Robin 117 copies, 1 review
The Howards of Caxley 106 copies, 1 review
Tales from a Village School 105 copies, 1 review
Time Remembered 94 copies, 2 reviews
The Christmas Mouse 92 copies, 3 reviews
Emily Davis 88 copies, 3 reviews
A Fortunate Grandchild 84 copies
A Fortunate Grandchild [and] Time Remembered 74 copies, 1 review
Miss Clare Remembers [and] Emily Davis 74 copies, 1 review
Miss Read's Christmas Tales: Village Christmas and Christmas Mouse… 70 copies, 1 review
Christmas at Thrush Green 68 copies, 2 reviews
The Caxley Chronicles 67 copies
The World of Thrush Green 63 copies, 1 review
Life At Thrush Green: Thrush Green / Winter in Thrush Green / News From… 55 copies
Tiggy 43 copies
More Stories from Thrush Green: Battles at Thrush Green/Return to Thrush… 38 copies
Miss Read's Christmas Book 35 copies, 1 review
The English Vicarage Garden: Thirty Gardens of Beauty and Inspiration 34 copies
Miss Read's Country Cooking 29 copies
Further Chronicles of Fairacre 28 copies
Country Bunch 27 copies
Fairacre Roundabout: Tyler's Row / Farther Afield / Village Affairs 27 copies
Encounters at Thrush Green: News from Thrush Green/The School at Thrush… 26 copies
A Country Christmas 23 copies, 1 review
Fairacre Affairs 21 copies
The Last Chronicle of Fairacre: Changes at Fairacre / Farewell to Fairacre… 19 copies
Village School [and] Village Diary 19 copies
Over the Gate [and] Fairacre Festival 19 copies
Thrush Green [and] Winter in Thrush Green 17 copies
Christmas with Miss Read: Christmas at Fairacre, A Country Christmas 17 copies
Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love: And Other Writings 15 copies
Battles at Thrush Green [and] Return to Thrush Green 12 copies
Tales from Thrush Green 11 copies
News from Thrush Green [and] Gossip From Thrush Green 10 copies
Farewell, Thrush Green : an omnibus volume containing extracts from The… 9 copies
Little Red Bus & Other Rhyming (Young Puffin Read Aloud) 9 copies
Storm in the Village [and] Tyler's Row 8 copies
Storm in the Village [and] The Fairacre Festival 5 copies
The Fairacre Festival [and] Tiggy 4 copies, 1 review
Hob and the Horse-Bat 3 copies
Hobby Horse Cottage. 3 copies
Over the Gate [and] Farther Afield 3 copies
Country Bunch. A collection [compiled] by Miss Read. Illustrated by Andrew… 2 copies
The Christmas Mouse [and] No Holly for Miss Quinn 1 copy
Miss Read Chronicles Giftset: Chronicles of Fairacre / Further Chronicles… 1 copy
Village Christmas [and] The White Robin 1 copy
Thrush Green Series (Thrush Green, Volumes 1 - 6) 1 copy
The New Bed 1 copy
The Villagers of Thrush Green: A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC… 1 copy
The Complete Thrush Green Collection: 13 Great Novels 1 copy
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Canonical name
Miss Read
Legal name
Saint, Dora Jessie
Other names
Shafe, Dora Jessie (birth name)
Date of birth
1913-04-17
Date of death
2012-04-07
Burial location
Gender
female
Nationality
England
UK
Country (for map)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, England, UK
Cause of death
Places of residence
Berkshire, England, UK
Education
Bromley County School
University of Cambridge (Homerton College)
Occupations
teacher
novelist
Relationships
Organizations
Awards and honors
Order of the British Empire (Member ∙ 1998)
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Short biography
Disambiguation notice

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