Country Bunch
by Miss Read
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A well-balanced mix of Nonfiction, General Fiction, Romance and Mystery in the lightweight softcover format preferred by many readers. Selections are a blend of international authors, chosen for the broadest appeal. There are also some carefully selected backlist titles by proven favorite authors.In this rich anthology drawn from diaries, memoirs, poems, novels, recipes, spells and even curses, Miss Read shares her astonishing breadth of knowledge. She takes her readers on a wonderful show more journey through the countryside with the help of Dorothy Wordsworth, Laurie Lee, Flora Thompson, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and others. Miss Read's world is one of simple country pleasures -- people and places, spring flowers and autumn leaves, outings and occasions. show lessTags
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Miss Read, 1913 - 2012 Miss Read was born on April 17, 1913 as Dora Jessie Shafe. She worked as a teacher and started writing after World War II for Punch and other journals and as a scriptwriter for the BBC. She wrote her novels under the name Read, which was her mother's maiden name. She is best known for her novels of English rural life and show more used her own memories of living and teaching in a small English village in her novels. She wrote more than forty novels; many were set in the British countryside -- Fairacre and Thrush Green novels. Read finished her writing career in 1996 with A Peaceful Retirement. In 1998, she was awarded an MBE for her services to literature. She died on April 7, 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 820.8 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures Collections of literary texts in more than one form
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- PR1111 .C6 — Language and Literature English English Literature Collections of English literature
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