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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Miss Read
Christmas at Fairacre: Village Christmas / Christmas Mouse / No Holly for Miss Quinn (1966) 183 eksemplarer
Chronicles of Fairacre: Village School / Village Diary / Storm in the Village (1955) 162 eksemplarer
Miss Read's Christmas Tales: Village Christmas and Christmas Mouse (The Fairacre Christmas Omnibus) (1990) 87 eksemplarer
Life At Thrush Green: Thrush Green / Winter in Thrush Green / News From Thrush Green (1959) 60 eksemplarer
More Stories from Thrush Green: Battles at Thrush Green/Return to Thrush Green/Gossip from Thrush Green (Thrush Green… (1975) 43 eksemplarer
Encounters at Thrush Green: News from Thrush Green/The School at Thrush Green (Thrush Green Omnibus) (1800) 28 eksemplarer
The Last Chronicle of Fairacre: Changes at Fairacre / Farewell to Fairacre / A Peaceful Retirement (2001) 20 eksemplarer
Farewell, Thrush Green : an omnibus volume containing extracts from The world of Thrush Green, Celebrations at Thrush… (2000) 12 eksemplarer
Miss Read Chronicles Giftset: Chronicles of Fairacre / Further Chronicles of Fairacre (1992) 1 eksemplar
The New Bed 1 eksemplar
The Villagers of Thrush Green: A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (1999) 1 eksemplar
Sei sauber...! 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Miss Read
- Juridisk navn
- Saint, Dora Jessie
- Andre navne
- Shafe, Dora Jessie (birth name)
- Fødselsdato
- 1913-04-17
- Dødsdag
- 2012-04-07
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- London, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Chieveley, Berkshire, England, UK
- Uddannelse
- Bromley County School
University of Cambridge (Homerton College) - Erhverv
- teacher
novelist - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Order of the British Empire (Member, 1998)
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- Værker
- 84
- Medlemmer
- 11,091
- Popularitet
- #2,127
- Vurdering
- 3.8
- Anmeldelser
- 186
- ISBN
- 746
- Sprog
- 4
- Udvalgt
- 34
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