Thrush Green
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2017
240 pages
978-0-547-52650-8 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the little English village that neighbors Fairacre, in a novel that's "enchanting, lovely, gentle, pointed, and charming" (
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune).
Miss Read's charming chronicles of English small-town life have achieved legendary popularity, providing a welcome return to a gentler time with "wit, humor, and wisdom in equal measure" ( The Plain Dealer).
Welcome to Thrush Green, the neighboring village to Fairacre, with its blackthorn bushes, thatch-roofed cottages, enchanting landscape, and jumble sales. Readers will enjoy meeting a new cast of characters and also spotting familiar faces as they become immersed in the village's turn of events over the course of one pivotal day: May Day. All year, the residents of Thrush Green have looked forward to the celebration. Before the day is over, life and love, and perhaps eternity, will touch the immemorial peace of the village.
"The more turbulent the real world, the more charming we may find the stability of Miss Read's tiny fictional world." - Los Angeles Times
Miss Read's charming chronicles of English small-town life have achieved legendary popularity, providing a welcome return to a gentler time with "wit, humor, and wisdom in equal measure" ( The Plain Dealer).
Welcome to Thrush Green, the neighboring village to Fairacre, with its blackthorn bushes, thatch-roofed cottages, enchanting landscape, and jumble sales. Readers will enjoy meeting a new cast of characters and also spotting familiar faces as they become immersed in the village's turn of events over the course of one pivotal day: May Day. All year, the residents of Thrush Green have looked forward to the celebration. Before the day is over, life and love, and perhaps eternity, will touch the immemorial peace of the village.
"The more turbulent the real world, the more charming we may find the stability of Miss Read's tiny fictional world." - Los Angeles Times
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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 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Frontispiece
- Copyright
- Dedication
- PART ONE
- 1. The Day Begins
- 2. The Great Mrs. Curdle
- 3. Ben Curdle Meets His Fate
- 4. Thrush Green Astir
- 5. Dr. Lovell's Patients
- 6. Coffee at "The Fuchsia Bush"
- PART TWO
- 7. Noonday Heat
- 8. A Chapter of Accidents
- 9. At "The Drovers' Arms"
- 10. Sam Curdle Is Tempted
- 11. Mrs. Bailey Visits Neighbors
- 12. A Family Fight
- PART THREE
- 13. Music on Thrush Green
- 14. All the Fun of the Fair
- 15. Mr. Piggott Gives His Consent
- 16. Dr. Bailey Asks for Help
- 17. Dr. Bailey Gives Some Help
- 18. The Day Ends
