Bound in green with gold print on spine , this 1989 first edition is in near fine condition as is the unclipped ($24.95) dust jacket. Miss Read explores the village setting of her novels in this book beautifully illustrated by John S. Goodall.

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Title: The World of Thrush Green
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0395502284
ISBN 13: 9780395502280
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: John S. Goodall
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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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

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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.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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