Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre: A Novel

I'm ecstatic that I finally have a beautiful copy of this book .. thank you.

Always a light but very enjoyable reading experience. Would recommend both the Fairacre and Thrush Green series of books. Nice change of pace and brings back fond memories of early school years and how I sorely miss a more leisure and pleasant life style.

Has lived and served in Fairacre a good many years. And never really very pleasant about it. We see Mrs. Pringle through the years, from a child visiting Fairacre to the hardworking, but slightly unlovable, mainstay she is to the village.

I own 14 of Miss Read’s books so far. I don't know how she does it. Her books are so interesting to me. They are set in a small village in England during a gentler time, perhaps just prior or during WW1. Her books often center around different people in the same village, much like books by Maeve Binchy in Ireland. I think there may be a good audience for these books because their price stays high. I got a deal on this one for my Kindle. It's like spending a pleasant afternoon visiting with a close friend.

This Fairacre novel centers on the indomitable Mrs. Pringle and a jolly good laugh it is! Miss Read is a master of subtle humor and the everyday life in the English village of Fairacre is something we can all relate to- even in these modern times.

I am reading my way through this delightful Fairacre series, and from the beginning the character of Mrs. Pringle stands out as my favorite character. Mrs. Pringle is the daily cleaning lady for the Fairacre village school, but she is so much more. She is a moralizer, a gossip, a tale teller and the bane of Miss Read;s, the head school teacher, life. Mrs. Pringle always has something declarative to say on every occasion and always seems to know the village scuttle-butt. She and Miss Read have had many tiffs and more than a few days that were spent in less than companionable silence.This volume of the delightful Fairacre series is dedicated to our favorite anti-hero, Mrs. Pringle. We learn more about her early life, her marriage and her long years in our beloved village of Fairacre. This is one of my favorite books in the series so far.

I love all the Miss Read books and this one provided background on a grouchy character.

Miss Read gives Mrs. Pringle a soul! In this book we get a much deeper look at Maud Pringle's soft side, a tender side that isn't often seen. She responds to a cold, poverty-stricken child by knitting him mittens. Though she highly disapproves of her mentally-deficient and promiscuous niece, Minnie, Mrs. Pringle helps the young woman and her illegitimate children. And Maud is deeply moved when she hears of the death of an employer who had been very kind to her in her youth. Written with dry, delightful British humor, Miss Read continues to entertain, educate and even move us as we visit the mythical village of Fairacre.