Mrs pringle of fairacre

Informationen zum Autor Miss Read (1913-2012) was the pseudonym of Mrs. Dora Saint, a former schoolteacher beloved for her novels of English rural life, especially those set in the fictional villages of Thrush Green and Fairacre. The first of these, Village School , was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write until her retirement in 1996. In the 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature.  Klappentext Through the eyes of many Fairacre friends, we trace Mrs. Pringle's life and her stormy standing as the redoubtable cleaner of the town's school. However maddening she is, life at Fairacre would be poorer without her. Zusammenfassung Through the eyes of many Fairacre friends, we trace Mrs. Pringle’s life and her stormy standing as the redoubtable cleaner of the town’s school. However maddening she is, life at Fairacre would be poorer without her.

Product details

• Authors: John S. Goodall, Miss Read, Read, m goodall Read, Miss Read
• Assisted by: John S. Goodall (Illustration)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2001
• EAN: 9780618155880
• ISBN: 978-0-618-15588-0
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction: general and literary, US South, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, FICTION: Humorous / General, FICTION: Southern, FICTION: World Literature / England / General