Miss Read

No one deserves a class by herself more than Miss Read, which is a pseudonym for Dora Jesse Saint. Most likely, however, library catalogues list these books under "Read, Miss".This author retired from school teaching in the 1920's or 30's. Around the mid fifties, she began writing a book a year and continued into the late 90's! She wrote two series: one about a school teacher in the English village of Fairacre and one based on the life of a village vicar in the village of Thrush Green. Miss Read's skill with language and her ability to create very loveable and believable characters has made her a public icon. Everyone who reads these wants to move to an English village and stay there. Her portrayal of ordinary people makes readers happy to be among the human race. I understand that somewhere in Michigan they hold a Miss Read festival every year. I have a list of these books (in chronological order, of course), which I happily distribute to any willing recipients.

Books by Miss Read (pseudonym for Dora Jesse Saint)
Born 1913


1955 - Village School
1957 - Village Diary
1959 - Thrush Green
1959 - Storm in the Village
1960 - Fresh in the Village
1962 - Winter in Thrush Green
1963 - Miss Clare Remembers
1964 - Over the Gate
1966 - Village Christmas
1966 - Market Square
1967 - Howard's of Caxley
1968 - Fairacre Festival
1970 - News from Thrush Green
1971 - Emily Davis
1972 - Tyler's Row
1973 - Christmas Mouse
1975 - Farther Afield
1976 - Battles at Thrush Green
1976 - No Holly for Miss Quinn
1977 - Village Affairs
1978 - Return to Thrush Green
1979 - White Robin
1980 - Village Centenary
1981 - Gossip from Thrush Green
1982 - A Fortunate Grandchild
1983 - Affairs at Thrush Green
1985 - At Home in Thrush Green
1987 - School at Thrush Green
1988 - World at Thrush Green
1989 - Mrs. Pringle
1991 - Friends at Thrush Green
1992 - Changes at Fairacre
1982 - Celebrations at Thrush Green
1983 - Farewell to Fairacre
1995 - Tales from a Village School
1997 - A Peaceful Retirement

Time Remembered - 823.914 (Read)

(Some dates are British publications and some are US version, so may not always match exactly - they may be off by one year.)