Miss Read

Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees....

The Cotswold village of Thrush Green is a particularly close-knit community, where many of the inhabitants have known each other since childhood....

‘As I have been given a large and magnificent diary for Christmas... I intend to fill it in as long as my ardour lasts.’ Luckily, Miss Read’s ardour lasts all year, encompassing every aspect of Fairacre life....

Gossip From Thrush Green returns readers to that delightful English village, neighbour to Fairacre, for a golden summer....

The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. But not everything is as peaceful as it seems....

As spring begins at Thrush Green, a series of local dramas takes hold of the community....

Fairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school, and at the heart of the school, its head mistress, Miss Read....

Charles Henstock, vicar of Thrush Green, is living in his new vicarage after the old one burned down. In its place are eight retirement homes, but there’s heated debate in the village about the new residents....

When Charles Henstock, rector of Thrush Green, moves a mile downhill to the parish of Lulling, his many friends rejoice in his promotion....

There are new people on the Green... When old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy died, their house - Tullivers - stood empty for many months....

Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place....

It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair....

Fairacre is a village of cottages....

A new excitement comes to the village of Thrush Green when Harold Shoosmith, a distinguished bachelor....

On a bright summer's day, old Miss Clare, now retired from teaching, awaits the visit of her oldest friend, Emily Davis. In between, she recalls the events in their 70-year friendship....

After the death of Emily Davis, school teacher and well-loved member of the local community, many of those who knew her cast their minds back to days past and to their memories of Emily....

A delightful Christmas collection of Fairacre tales from the ever-popular Miss Read. Read by Carole Boyd with an introduction read by Miss Read....

In Village Diary, Miss Read describes the people of Fairacre with exactitude, a sense of comedy, and sharp observation....

Having enjoyed robust health throughout her career, Miss Read, the village schoolmistress at Fairacre, is looking forward to an energetic retirement in a few years' time.....

The Howards of Caxley begins on a fine May morning in the fateful year of 1939....