World of Thrush Green.

READ, Miss.

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ISBN 10: 0395502284 ISBN 13: 9780395502280

Published by Houghton Mifflin,, Boston:, 1989

Language: English

Condition: Near Fine Hardcover

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First American printing. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.

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Title

World of Thrush Green.

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin,, Boston:

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0395502284

ISBN 13

9780395502280

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Illustrated by John S. Goodall

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Reveals the real Thrush Green behind the author's fictional English village, the settling for her popular novels, in a combination of memoirs, sketches of characters real and imagined, and scenes from her books

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Working together since 1955, "Miss Read" (Doris Saint) and artist Goodall have created 31 books about a village in the English Cotswolds. Thrush Green is imaginary, inspired by the author's years in just such a place, among good friends. We find the source of the stories in photos here showing the real village of Wood Green and recognizable prototypes of Miss Read's characters. Additionally, Goodall's nostalgic, colorful paintings vivify the country settings: tranquil fields of flowers, a fairground ablaze with light and excitement and other views that fix the locales in memory. The artist's skilled portraits depict the aptly named "Dotty," eccentric spinster; lazy Albert Piggott; the rich but miserly old Misses Lovelock and others more admirable but not impossibly perfect. All are dear to readers who have met them in Miss Read's sometimes funny, often poignant, always absorbing chronicles.
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