Miss Read

The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. But not everything is as peaceful as it seems....

Dorothy Watson and Agnes Fogerty have taught at the school for as long as anyone can remember, but now they're thinking and talking about retirement. It won't be an easy adjustment....

Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place....

On a bright summer's day, old Miss Clare, now retired from teaching, awaits the visit of her oldest friend, Emily Davis. In between, she recalls the events in their 70-year friendship....

Fairacre is a village of cottages....

There are new people on the Green... When old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy died, their house - Tullivers - stood empty for many months....

On a blustery day in Fairacre, Miss Clare sees two strangers "pacing slowly, side by side, along the edge of Hundred Acre Field, which lay on the other side of Miss Clare's garden hedge....

The arrival of a stranger in the village of Thrush Green stirs up ripples of speculation and interest....

As spring begins at Thrush Green, a series of local dramas takes hold of the community....

Gossip From Thrush Green returns readers to that delightful English village, neighbour to Fairacre, for a golden summer....

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....

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

The first charming Caxley tale introduces the deep-rooted camaraderie between Septimus Howard....

From organising the school summer fete to the sometimes rather odd passions of childhood, Miss Read captures the essence of rural life as only she can....

It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair....

A mouse's appearance on Christmas Eve in a widow's bedroom leads to a chance encounter with a small boy....

The Cotswold village of Thrush Green is a particularly close-knit community, where many of the inhabitants have known each other since childhood....

‘As I have been given a large and magnificent diary for Christmas... I intend to fill it in as long as my ardour lasts.’ Luckily, Miss Read’s ardour lasts all year, encompassing every aspect of Fairacre life....

A new excitement comes to the village of Thrush Green when Harold Shoosmith, a distinguished bachelor....

Having enjoyed robust health throughout her career, Miss Read, the village schoolmistress at Fairacre, is looking forward to an energetic retirement in a few years' time.....