{"product_id":"2026100012898-secondhand-village-school","title":"Village School","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStep into the quiet rhythms of post-war English rural life with Village School, the charming and warmly observed debut novel by the beloved pseudonymous author 'Miss Read.' Narrated by the school's sensible and quietly witty headmistress, the story chronicles a single year in the life of Fairacre, a small English village where the ancient schoolhouse sits at the heart of the community — a community whose squabbles, kindnesses, and eccentricities are rendered with affectionate precision and gentle humour.\n\n'Miss Read' — the pen name of Dora Saint — wrote with the instinct of a born storyteller who understood that the smallest of lives contain the deepest of truths. Village School launched one of the most enduring series in twentieth-century British fiction, one that celebrates the pastoral idyll with an unsentimental but deeply tender eye. Her prose is deceptively simple, masking a sharp social intelligence that captures the textures of English village culture with rare authenticity. Whether you are a devoted fan of the Fairacre series or a first-time visitor to its elm-lined lanes, this is a novel that will leave you wondering what the next school year might bring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948325900507,"sku":"2026100012898-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/643222a2-2bf9-44c4-9833-f08d0f250af0.png?v=1793104728","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012898-secondhand-village-school","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}