First American Edition, 1st Printing stated. Hard cover large square 8vo in green cloth w/gold spine titles. About Fine w/black stripe bottom page edge, else Fine and unmarked book in Near Fine unclipped DJ w/short tear top rear corner. 205pp + Index; illustrated by John S. Goodall. 207 p.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The World of Thrush Green

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0395502284

ISBN 13

9780395502280

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Goodall, John S.

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

About Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Book Type

Book

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Synopsis

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

Reviews

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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