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First publish date: 1968
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Miss Read
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A quiet English village welcomes a young woman and her son, sparking the attention of locals—especially bachelors—after months of quiet at the former Admiral Trigg’s home, Tullivers.

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Village School tells the endearing story of Miss Read and her pupils in the picturesque rural village of Fairacre, where a small school, thatch‑roofed cottages, and a friendly community create a comforting picture of English country life.

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Miss Read’s first novel in the Thrush Green series celebrates May Day in the Cotswold village, following a fair seen through the eyes of its residents.

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 by Miss Read

In her first book VILLAGE SCHOOL Miss Read gave a picture of the small but detailed world of a typical primary school in a remote country area, 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, there is the mammoth country pageant in which Fairacre is so sharply and painfully divided ...

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