MISS READ - 25 x HARDBACK & PAPERBACK BOOKS inc SIGNED Start Price GBP 99.99 Current Price GBP 99.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location Lincolnshire See more about 'MISS READ - 25 x HARDBACK & PAPERBACK BOOKS inc SIGNED' Description Miss Read From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Dora Jessie Saint MBE (b. 17 April 1913), best known by the pen name Miss Read, is an English novelist, by profession a schoolmistress. She wrote a series of novels from 1956 to 1996. Her work centred on two fictional English villages, Fairacre and Thrush Green. The principal character in the Fairacre books, "Miss Read", is an unmarried schoolteacher in a small village school, an acerbic and yet compassionate observer of village life. Miss Read's novels are wry regional social comedies, laced with gentle humour and subtle social commentary. Miss Read is also a keen observer of nature and the changing seasons. In 1940 she married her now late husband, a former Headmaster. The couple have a daughter, Jill. Her most direct influence is from Jane Austen, although her work also bears similarities to the social comedies of manners written in the 1920s and 1930s, and in particular the work of Barbara Pym. Miss Read's work has influenced a number of writers in her own turn, the most popular of whom may be the American writer Jan Karon. The musician Enya has a track on her Watermark album named after the book Miss Clare Remembers, and one on her Shepherd Moons album named after No Holly for Miss Quinn. INCLUDES RARE SIGNED  BOOK This Collection of 23 x PAPERBACK & 2 x HARDBACK BOOKS consists of the following titles:- THE CHRISTMAS MOUSE (FIRST EDITION HARDBACK With UNCLIPPED DUSTJACKET 1973 + VERY RARE BOOKMARK WHICH CAME WITH THE BOOK)+TIME REMEMBERED (FIRST EDITION HARDBACK With UNCLIPPED DUSTJACKET 1986 - SIGNED INSIDE "Best Wishes Dora Saint (Miss Read)+Paperbacks A FORTUNATE GRANDCHILD+TIGGY+FURTHER CHRONICLES OF FAIRACRE+MORE STORIES FROM THRUSG GREEN+COUNTRY BUNCH+NEWS FROM THRUSH GREEN+WINTER IN THRUSH GREEN+VILLAGE CHRISTMAS+SUMMER AT FAIRACRE+THE MARKET SQUARE+VILLAGE DIARY+FRESH FROM THE COUNTRY+STORM IN THE VILLAGE+AFFAIRS AT THRUSH GREEN+THE WHITE ROBIN+AT HOME IN THRUSH GREEN+THRUSH GREEN+TYLER'S ROW+THE HOWARDS OF CAXLEY+VILLAGE SCHOOL+NO HOLLY FOR MISS QUINN+VILLAGE AFFAIRS+FARTHER AFIELD THE PAPERBACK BOOKS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SLIGHT CREASING AND MARKS AND A LITTLE INK INSIDE TWO OF THE COVERS. THE HARDBACKS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION ALTHOUGH 'CHRISTMAS MOUSE' HAS SLIGHT TEAR ON THE SPINE OF THE DUSTJACKET - ALL BOOKS ARE COMPLETE Please do not ask us to split this collection as it is too impractical for us to do so. Thanks for watching ... Happy bidding!   Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!