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  • Fairacre Series, Book 2
  • Written by: Miss Miss Read
  • Narrated by: Carole Boyd
  • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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Written by: Miss Miss Read
Narrated by: Carole Boyd
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In her first book, Village School, Miss Read portrayed the small but detailed world of a typical primary school in a remote country area. It was a world peopled by the children themselves; Miss Clare, the venerable infants teacher; glum Mrs Pringle, the cleaner; the vicar; and other inhabitants of Fairacre.

In Village Diary, Miss Read describes the people of Fairacre with the same exactitude, sense of comedy, and sharp observation. In addition to those characters familiar to readers of Village School, there are newcomers, including dictatorial Amy, an old college friend; Mr Mawne, whom the village sees as a possible husband for the unwilling Miss Read; and the earnest new infants teacher. Overshadowing everything is the mammoth country pageant, in which Fairacre is so sharply and painfully divided.
©1957 Miss Read (P)2006 Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
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The joy of Miss Read and England

I loved these books when I was younger and am re-enjoying them now 30 years later. Such a wonderful picture of rural England and village life - as it was when England was still England!

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