Farewell to Fairacre

Read, Miss (pseud Dora Jessie Saint)

ISBN 10: 0718136667 / ISBN 13: 9780718136666

Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1993

About this Item

First edition, first impression. Minor edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed but overall jacket fresh and bright. Not price clipped (£14.95), no inscriptions, slight lean, internally tight and clean, overall a vg++ copy. 213pp. From 1955 to 1996 Saint wrote a series of novels centred on two fictional villages, Fairacre and Thrush Green. The first Fairacre novel appeared in 1955, the last in 1996. The first Thrush Green novel appeared in 1959. The principal character in the books, Miss Read, is an unmarried schoolteacher in a small village school, an acerbic and yet compassionate observer of village life. Dora Saint's (1913-2012), novels are wry regional social comedies, laced with gentle humour and subtle social commentary. Saint was also a keen observer of nature and the changing seasons. Seller Inventory # 002808

Bibliographic Details

Title: Farewell to Fairacre

Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Jacket by John S. Goodall

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The is schoolmistress Miss Read's swan song. The time has come for her to retire from the headship of Fairacre School where she has been since 1955 when Village School was first ppublished. It has been a fine career but she finds the modern curriculum and hassle of red tape all too much and she is looking forward to a gentle retirement in the cottage she inherited from Miss Clare in Changes at Fairacre.

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Farewell to Fairacre