Carols, recipes for plum pudding and mulled wine, poetry, and prose combine to form this illustrated manual for creating a real old-fashioned English Christmas.
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Miss Read is 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 the 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature. She lives in Berkshire.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
--Disappointing--,
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This review is from: Miss Read's Christmas Book (Hardcover)
MISS READ'S CHRISTMAS BOOK is a compilation of Bible quotations, poetry, Christmas Carols, diary excerpts and extracts from various Christmas stories.
I did find a few of my personal favorites here, along with some writings that I was not familiar with. Christiana Rossetti is represented with two of her beautiful poems. Writings by Thomas Hardy, Dylan Thomas and Charles Dickens are also presented. The illustrations by Tracey Williamson are very attractive. Although the book had diverse readings, I felt that it was a little disjointed. I expected to find a forward from Miss Read, but there wasn't any. I had the feeling that this book was put together in a rather commercial way. I didn't find the satisfaction that I was looking for and, overall, the book was a disappointment for me.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderful Christmas book,
By Patricia K. Arndts (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miss Read's Christmas Book (Hardcover)
This is a book which I take out every Christmas season and enjoy the stories, recipes, carols, diary entries. It is beautifully illustrated and has become a beloved addition to my Christmas reading. I highly recommend "Miss Read's Christmas Book"
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