Chronicles of Fairacre Author:Miss Read A small English country community made immortal by Miss Read. Humour, charm- and clarity- blend in these three novels, Village School, Village Diary and Storm in the Village, to make up a refreshingly acute and astringent view of life in the country. — "Miss Read's way of living and a somewhat idealized village reminds many readers, I like to thi... more »nk, either of happy days in their own childhood, or of visits to older relatives living in similar rural surroundings"- Countryman
"Observed with exactitude, animation, and a sense of comedy that recall a Brueghel painting of village folk' - The Times« less