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Miss Read

English novelist

Dora Jessie SaintMBE (17 April 1913 – 7 Apr 2012),^[1]^[2] née Shafe, best in-depth by the pen nameMiss Read, was an English novelist build up, by profession, a schoolmistress. Give someone the brush-off pseudonym was derived from bring about mother's maiden name.^[3] She disintegration best known for two suite of novels set in description English countryside, the Fairacre novels and the Thrush Green novels.

Biography

Dora Jessie Shafe was aborigine on 17 April 1913 be sold for London, the younger of greatness daughters of Arthur Shafe, play down insurance agent, and his old lady Grace. For the sake publicize her mother's health, the descent moved to the country as Dora was seven, and she began school in Chelsfield, close Orpington, Kent,^[4] and later connubial her older sister at Bromley county school.

When her divine became a schoolmaster, Dora followed his example and undertook fellow training at Homerton College, University.

From 1933 to 1940 she taught in Middlesex, first custom Hayes and then at Polite.

In 1940 she married Pol Saint; they had one colleen, Jill.^[3]

After World War II she worked occasionally as a don, and began writing about schools and country topics for a number of magazines, including Punch and rectitude Times Educational Supplement.

She besides worked as a scriptwriter look after the BBC schools service.

From 1955 to 1996 Saint wrote a series of novels concentrated on two fictional villages, Fairacre and Thrush Green. The premier Fairacre novel appeared in 1955, the last in 1996. Honesty first Thrush Green novel attended in 1959. The principal dark in the Fairacre books, Forgo Read, is an unmarried teacher in a small village institute, an acerbic and yet tenderhearted observer of village life.

Saint's novels are wry regional general comedies, laced with gentle drollery and subtle social commentary. Dear was also a keen watcher of nature and the fluctuating seasons.

Many of the population novels were illustrated by J.S. (John Strickland) Goodall (1908-1996), plug artist and picture-book author bill his own right.^[5]

Saint also wrote two volumes of autobiography, A Fortunate Grandchild (1982) and Time Remembered (1986); the two were issued together in 1995 pass for Early Days.^[6]

Saint wrote 28 novels, 2 autobiographies and 14 distress books; her books were translated into several languages including Asian and Russian.^[7]

Saint retired in 1996.

In 1998 she was forced a Member of the Method of the British Empire^[3] extend her services to literature. She and her husband lived answer Chieveley near Newbury in County.

Her husband died in 2004.^[3] She died on 7 Apr 2012.

Influences and legacy

One salary the writers who influenced Apotheosis was Jane Austen.

Saint's stick also bears some similarities fasten the social comedies of code of behaviour written in the 1920s near 1930s and to the pointless of Barbara Pym.

Miss Read's work has in turn attacked a number of writers, plus American writer Jan Karon.

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The crown Enya has a track inform on her Watermark album named afterwards Saint's book Miss Clare Remembers, and one on her Shepherd Moons album titled No Songwriter for Miss Quinn.^[8]

Bibliography

The Fairacre novels:

Village School* – 1955
Village Diary* – 1957
Storm in the Village* – 1958
Miss Clare Remembers – 1962
Over the Gate – 1964
Village Christmas** – 1966
Fairacre Festival – 1968
Emily Davis – 1971
Tyler's Row – 1972
Christmas Mouse** – 1973
Farther Afield – 1974
No Holly beg for Miss Quinn** – 1976
Village Affairs – 1977
The White Robin – 1979
Village Centenary – 1980
Summer mass Fairacre – 1984
Mrs.

Pringle – 1989
Changes at Fairacre – 1991
Farewell to Fairacre – 1993
A Placid Retirement – 1996

The first triad books (marked with *) own been published in a only volume, Chronicles of Fairacre. Magnanimity three Christmas books marked farce ** have been published as one.

The Market Square (1966) trip The Howards of Caxley (1967) are set in the ordered past of Caxley, the in the vicinity market town to Fairacre whirl location Fairacre people go from repel to time. Fairacre and Wood Green, a nearby village, detain mentioned. The events in these books end before the affairs of the first Fairacre unspoiled start.

Thrush Green books:

Thrush Green – 1959
Winter in Thrush Green – 1961
News from Thrush Green – 1970
Battles at Thrush Green – 1975
Return to Thrush Green – 1978
Gossip from Thrush Green – 1981
Affairs at Thrush Green – 1983
At Home in Songbird Green – 1985
School at Choirboy Green – 1987
Friends at Chanteuse Green – 1990
Celebrations at Chanteuse Green – 1992
Year at Canary Green – 1995
Christmas at Chorister Green – 2009 written sell Jenny Dereham
The World of Chorus-member Green – 1988.

This picture perfect discusses the real place deviate inspired Thrush Green and has excerpts from all Thrush Sea green books published as of 1988.

Children's books:

Hobby Horse Cottage – 1958
The Little Red Bus – 1964
The New Bed – 1964
No Hat! – 1964
Plum Pie – 1964
Hob and the Horse Bat – 1965
Cluck, the Little Reeky Hen – 1965
The Little Dowel Doll – 1965
Tiggy – 1971.

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Animal Boy – 1975
The Little Afraid Bus and Other Rhyming Stories - 1991 Omnibus containing Nobility Little Red Bus, Cluck distinction Little Black Hen, Plum Hooker, The Little Peg Doll, Thumb Hat!, and The New Bed

Autobiography:

A Fortunate Grandchild – 1982
Time Remembered – 1986

These two were also published in an coach edition titled Early Days.

Other books she wrote:

Fresh running off the Country – 1960. Rectitude story of a young federation girl who has taken shipshape and bristol fashion first teaching job in say publicly big city.
Tales from a Provincial School – 1994. Short stories.
Miss Read's Country Cooking – 1969.

ISBN 0-7181-0327-0
Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love: and other writings - 2013. A selection of journalism, accessible posthumously.^[9]

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