Read, Miss
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Name (Latin)
Read, Miss
Other forms of name
Miss Read
Saint, Dora Jessie
Shafe, Dora Jessie
Date of birth
1913-04-17
Date of death
2012-04-07
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Her The Christmas mouse, 1973.
- Her Village centenary, 1981, c1980:t.p. (Miss Read)
- Her Winter in Thrush Green, 1987, c1961:CIP t.p. (Miss Read) data sheet (b. 1913)
- Telegraph WWW site, Apr. 12, 2012(Dora Saint; b. Dora Jessie Shafe, Apr. 17, 1913, South Norwood; m. Douglas Saint, 1940; d. Apr. 7, 2012; the author "Miss Read"; wrote homely and nostalgic stories of English country life which defied the latest trends in post-war fiction, but in terms of popular appeal she outlasted many of her more fashionable contemporaries)
Wikipedia description:
Dora Jessie Saint MBE (17 April 1913 – 7 April 2012), née Shafe, best known by the pen name Miss Read, was an English novelist and, by profession, a schoolmistress. Her pseudonym was derived from her mother's maiden name. She is best known for two series of novels set in the English countryside, the Fairacre novels and the Thrush Green novels.
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