Fairacre series
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Fairacre series volume 1
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The first novel in the beloved Fairacre series, Village School introduces us to the remarkable schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of students, who, with a mixture of skinned knees and smiles, are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens...
Welcome to the English village of Fairacre: a handful of thatch-roofed cottages, a church, the school, the promise of fair weather, friendly faces, and good cheer——at least most of the...
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Fairacre series volume 2
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The enchanting follow-up to Village School, Miss Read's beloved first novel, Village Diary once again transports us to the picturesque English village of Fairacre. Each chapter describes a month in the life of the village school's headmistress, Miss Read. As the villagers prepare for their country pageant, Fairacre welcomes many newcomers, such as the headstrong Amy, Mr. Mawne (whom the villagers would like to see the reluctant Miss Read marry), and...
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Fairacre series volume 3
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Trouble brews in the tiny country village of Fairacre, when it is discovered that Farmer Miller's Hundred Acre Field is slated for real estate development. Alarming rumors are circulating, among them the fear that the village school may close. The endearing schoolmistress Miss Read brings her inimitable blend of affection and clear-sighted candor to this report, in which a young girl finds her first love, an older woman accepts a new role in life,...
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Fairacre series volume 4
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In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They felt grief when a village family was lost on the Titanic. They each experienced young love and then heartbreak when the First World War interrupted both...
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Fairacre series volume 5
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Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook-and used with alarming consequences-to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic...
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Village Christmas , Fairacre series volume 6
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Emily Davis , Fairacre series volume 8
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9) Tyler's row
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Fairacre series volume 9
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1973.
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English
10) Farther Afield
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Fairacre series volume 10
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A schoolmistress's summer vacation is ruined-or is it?-in this delightful English village tale perfect for fans of the Mitford Years Series. Open the gate to Fairacre, America's favorite English village. The end of a 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 day of the long summer holiday, she falls and breaks her...
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Fairacre series volume 11
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A mysterious Fairacre villager receives an unexpected Christmas gift in this heartwarming holiday novel from the popular author of the Thrush Green series. Nobody in Fairacre knows much about Miss Quinn, which is a rare state of affairs and much regretted by the villagers. Apart from the fact that she lives in the annex to Mrs. Benson's house and that she works in Caxley, her past history and the amount of her salary remains a tantalizing mystery....
12) Village affairs
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Fairacre series volume 12
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1978.
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English
13) The white robin
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Fairacre series volume 13
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1980.
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English
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Fairacre series volume 15
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Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1985.
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English
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Summer arrives in Fairacre, and "Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. Perhaps most difficult of all, Mrs. Pringle, the grumpy school cleaner, is unable to work because the pain in her bad leg flares up."--Cover.
16) Mrs. Pringle
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Fairacre series volume 16
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Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1990.
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English
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Fairacre series volume 17
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1992.
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English
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Times are changing in the charming downland village of Fairacre, and Miss Read isn't certain that it's all for the best. The new commuter lifestyle has caused a drop in attendance at the local school, and officials are threatening closure. Miss Read worries about the failing health of Dolly Clare. Vegetable gardens have given way to trips to the Caxley markets, and the traditional village fete now includes a prize for best quiche. With her trademark...
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A peaceful retirement , Fairacre series volume 19
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