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Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook -- and used with alarming consequences -- to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic grace and vigor, Miss Read retells many treasured stories of Fairacre past and present.
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Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook -- and used with alarming consequences -- to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic grace and vigor, Miss Read retells many treasured stories of Fairacre past and present.
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- Title Over the Gate
- Author Read
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks, Boston
- Publication date 2007-08-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780618884179 / 0618884173
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.18 x 7.08 x 0.6 in (20.78 x 17.98 x 1.52 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Category Fiction - General
- Library of Congress subjects Pastoral fiction, Villages - England
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006103461
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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