Miss Read (1913–2012)
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Miss Read, 1913 - 2012 Miss Read was born on April 17, 1913 as Dora Jessie Shafe. She worked as a teacher and started writing after World War II for Punch and other journals and as a scriptwriter for the BBC. She wrote her novels under the name Read, which was her mother's maiden name. She is best mostra altro known for her novels of English rural life and used her own memories of living and teaching in a small English village in her novels. She wrote more than forty novels; many were set in the British countryside -- Fairacre and Thrush Green novels. Read finished her writing career in 1996 with A Peaceful Retirement. In 1998, she was awarded an MBE for her services to literature. She died on April 7, 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Miss Read
Christmas at Fairacre: Village Christmas / Christmas Mouse / No Holly for Miss Quinn (1966) 183 copie
Miss Read's Christmas Tales: Village Christmas and Christmas Mouse (The Fairacre Christmas Omnibus) (1990) 87 copie
Life At Thrush Green: Thrush Green / Winter in Thrush Green / News From Thrush Green (1959) 60 copie
More Stories from Thrush Green: Battles at Thrush Green/Return to Thrush Green/Gossip from Thrush Green (Thrush Green… (1975) 43 copie
Encounters at Thrush Green: News from Thrush Green/The School at Thrush Green (Thrush Green Omnibus) (1800) 28 copie
The Last Chronicle of Fairacre: Changes at Fairacre / Farewell to Fairacre / A Peaceful Retirement (2001) 20 copie
Farewell, Thrush Green : an omnibus volume containing extracts from The world of Thrush Green, Celebrations at Thrush… (2000) 12 copie
The Villagers of Thrush Green: A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (1999) 1 copia
Miss Read Chronicles Giftset: Chronicles of Fairacre / Further Chronicles of Fairacre (1992) 1 copia
The New Bed 1 copia
Sei sauber...! 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Miss Read
- Nome legale
- Saint, Dora Jessie
- Altri nomi
- Shafe, Dora Jessie (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1913-04-17
- Data di morte
- 2012-04-07
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Chieveley, Berkshire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Bromley County School
University of Cambridge (Homerton College) - Attività lavorative
- teacher
novelist - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of the British Empire (Member, 1998)
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Christmas Books (3)
Comfort Reads (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 85
- Utenti
- 11,111
- Popolarità
- #2,123
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 187
- ISBN
- 746
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 34