Village Diary (Hardcover)

by Miss Read (Author), John S. Goodall (Illustrator)

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Hardcover: 254 pages
Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub (September 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0897332121
ISBN-13: 978-0897332125
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 12.7 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 273 g
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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... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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The second Fairacre novel, from the bestselling author of VILLAGE SCHOOL. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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