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

Joseph Coggs...

The two-hundred-year-old cottages known as Tyler’s Row, with charming leaded-glass windows and an arched thorn hedge over the gateway, are supposed to provide a haven of peace for their new...

In ‘The Christmas Mouse', a mouse’s appearance on Christmas Eve in an old widow’s bedroom leads to a chance encounter with a small boy – a meeting that would be remembered by both of them...

A weight-losing recipe sends a portly Victorian housemaid literally sky-high; Mrs Next-Door, the queen of copycats, drives her patient neighbour mad with rage; the tragic tale of the ghost of...

The end of the school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read, schoolmistress in the charming English village of Fairacre. But on the very first...

All the inhabitants of Thrush Green are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Mrs Curdle’s fair - especially as rumour has it that this may be the last time it comes. Molly Piggott is hoping...

For many years, Dorothy Watson and Agnes Fogerty have taught in the school at Thrush Green, and when the time comes for them to retire there is general regret. Who will take Miss Watson’s place...

Those who have come to love Miss Read's delightfully humorous novels of country life will be enraptured by these two autobiographical volumes, affectionate and unashamedly nostalgic accounts of...

It was Harold Shoosmith who had restored the name of Nathaniel Patten to its rightful place as part of the heritage of Thrush Green, for Patten was one of the village’s most famous sons. A...

The Cotswold village of Thrush Green is normally a peaceful backwater where the placid surface remains unruffled by adverse winds. It was all the more surprising, therefore, when a number of...

From the rural festivities in 'Village Christmas' to the poignant tale of a white robin, these two stories demonstrate the wry wit and light touch of Miss Read.

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. Dolly...

When a stranger arrives, Miss Dean's romantic prospects suddenly change. Miss Read succeeds in portraying village life with all its incidents, and her eye for detail captures the character of a...

The attractive town of Caxley became prosperous through its connection with the wool trade, and on market day it is a hive of activity as the townspeople and neighbouring villagers from Fairacre,...

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 a heated debate in the village about...