Over the Gate

Read, Miss; Goodall, J. S. (ILT)

ISBN 10: 0618884173 / ISBN 13: 9780618884179

Published by Harper Paperbacks, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Over the Gate
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618884173
• ISBN 13: 9780618884179
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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 grace and vigor, Miss Read retells many treasured stories of Fairacre past and present.

About the Author

Miss Read (1913-2012) was the pseudonym of Mrs. Dora Saint, a former schoolteacher beloved for her novels of English rural life, especially those set in the fictional villages of Thrush Green and Fairacre. The first of these, Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write until her retirement in 1996. In the 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature.