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Village School (Chronicles of Fairacre)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780618127023
Edition: 1
ISBN: 061812702X
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: May 15, 2001
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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Editorial Review:
The first novel in the beloved Fairacre series, VILLAGE SCHOOL introduces the remarkable schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of children, who, with a mixture of skinned knees and smiles, are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens. This is 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 time. Here everyone knows everyone else's business, and the villagers like each other anyway (even Miss Pringle, the irascible, gloomy cleaner of Fairacre School). With a wise heart and a discerning eye, Miss Read guides us through one crisp, glistening autumn in her village and introduces us to a cast of unforgettable characters and a world of drama, romance, and humor, all within a stone's throw of the school. By the time winter comes, you'll be nestled snugly into the warmth and wit of Fairacre and won't want to leave.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - different than Thrush Green
I turned to Miss Read's Fairacre Chronicles when I had finished the last Thrush Green book, Year at Thrush Green. I had always thought the Thrush Green books infinitely better than the Mitford books my sisters-in-law so love. I was heartbroken when it was over. Thinking that the Fairacre novels would be more of the same, I turned to Village School.
Was I wrong! Yes, the story concerns a Cotswold village, as in Thrush Green. But the Fairacre novels are more worldly wise and the humor ... Read More
Rating: - If you love anything British, this is for you
Village School was first published in 1955 by Dora Jessie Saint (Miss Read), a British school teacher turned author and is the first in the beloved Miss Read series. If you think the novel is dated, you're wrong. Village School is a return to a gentler time. Miss Read can make shining the school's pot belly stove sound interesting. She is, as far as I'm concerned, Jan Karon's predecessor.
Miss Read is the schoolmistress in the English village of Fairacre, where she's lived for five years. ... Read More
Rating: - Village School
I have read miss read for nearly 20 yrs. Togehter with her being the late HRH Queen mothers favourite author too. She shows how it was in the 1950's. Her pithy wisadom cuts across todays image /media based concerns and puts responsibility for ones wellfare firmly back on your shoulders. Instead of being concerned with School psychs,welfare workers and the like a child from a poor background is given the tools and education to effect a change in himself to be able to control his adult life better. ... Read More
Rating: - lady disdain's citicism is quite inane
Dora Saint's books are engaging, wonderfully well written and are genuine--not at all a malicious. They are a candid reflection of the period and culture of the depicted people of contemporary middle England. Get over yourself you silly harpy and try to acquire a sense of humour and an appreciation of people who have different sensibilities from yours, you narrow-minded simpleton. Most likely your very own family members and relatives shared similar views and ideals, so try to absorb and learn from this ... Read More
Rating: - As always, a well-written, pleasant book
I've read the majority of this author's books, including the entire Fairacre and Thrush Green series, and still keep coming back to reread them.
Miss Read writes well, and describes the experiences of a rural schoolteacher in Britain, with much detail about the conditions under which her characters live and work, as well as the local countryside. Her depictions of characters are well thought out, and interspersed throughout the book are humor and bits of wisdom, many pertaining to knowing when ... Read More
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