Miss Read

Fairacre is a village of cottages....

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

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....

‘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....

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....

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

The village schoolmistress, Miss Read, greets retirement with excitement, and settles down to endless lazy days, but her idyll is interrupted....

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

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

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 end of the school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read....

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

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

The people of Fairacre are up in arms about the possible closure of the village school. This anxious time for Miss Read is made bearable by the support of all her friends and neighbours....

Tthe village of Thrush Green decides to combine the 100th anniversary of a mission school opened by the village's most distinguished son and the centenary of the village school....

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

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

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

Mrs Pringle, the lugubrious school cleaner, has always been a favourite character in the Fairacre series....