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  • Miss Clare Remembers

  • By: Miss Read
  • Narrated by: Gwen Watford
  • Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (90 ratings)
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Miss Clare Remembers

By: Miss Read
Narrated by: Gwen Watford
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Summary

On a bright summer's day, old Miss Clare, now retired from teaching, awaits the visit of her oldest friend, Emily Davis. In between, she recalls the events in their 70-year friendship and country life in England during that time.

©2014 Audible, Inc.; 1962 Mrs D J Saint

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Warmth

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

You would either like Miss Reads books or hate them so I suspect most of my friends would be amongst the latter,n

What other book might you compare Miss Clare Remembers to, and why?

Miss Marple without the murder & mayhem

What about Gwen Watford’s performance did you like?

Her voice is incredibly 1950s upper middle class but her talent is undeniable.the perfect voice for what are very English novels & rather class conscious ones at that

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really ,I don't get moved easily by fictional situations

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I've read everyone of the Fairacre & Thrush Green novels,I've also listened to them all on audio.Not the kind of novels usually associated with we males & a retired miner to boot but I enjoy them as quite a lot of men do though some would deny it.Pure escapism int an England lost long ago if it ever actually existed,nothing dramatic ever happens no one is really nasty,cosy would be the most accurate description of these books & none the worse for that in today's un cosy world.

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Miss Clare's memories

Another excellent written book,a difficult one to put down, I found the historical details very interesting how they had been woven in the story without it being a history lesson.

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such a moving story

I absolutely loved this book.everything about it was perfect .Well read and well written. x

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Love miss read books

I was introduced to miss read books many years ago when my children where small. I used to only read horrors and thrillers. I thought I should try some lighter subject matters and so all these years later ( decades ) I now enjoy the audio books almost as much as I did the paperbacks. This is my favourite narrator of those chosen to read the miss read books. I’ll definitely be purchasing more. Nice clean enjoyment.

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A masterpiece.

"Miss Clare Remembers" is a masterpiece. Spanning the last twenty years of Queen Victoria's reign, the Edwardian period, World War I, the interwar years, World War II and the post-war years, Miss Read tells the tales of both Miss Clare and Britain itself, weaving the stories together beautifully and with effortless charm. I felt absorbed by the book and couldn't stop listening. There are many heartbreaking moments, yet the book is not sad or depressing. Quite the opposite! Miss Clare's resilience and strength to face everything with courage and faith are inspiring and moving, however overwhelming the tragedy.
As always with Miss Read, the writing is flawless and its beauty inspires and uplifts. Ms Watford's reading only highlights the book's quality and is like heavenly music to the ear.

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I gave up due to dreadful narration.

Sadly another abandoned book due to the awful narration.. Gwen Watford is really the worst choice for Miss Read books, Carole Boyd, June Barrie are my favourites.. Prunella Scales, Sian Phillips.. Audible please redo the GW’s with another option!!!

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I loved it

A gentle glimpse of a long lost (and rather idealised) way of life. I will read this book again in the future.

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Not my favourite Fairacre listen

I am working my way through the Fairacre books and really enjoying them all.

This is the first one I haven’t given full marks to though. I found the narrator too upper class sounding, so was harder to listen to. I hope she hasn’t narrated any of the others. There also seemed to be less of a purpose to the book than the previous ones, and it was nearly all narration as it was Miss Clare remembering times gone by which I didn’t like as much. I prefer the mixture of voices and accents of the previous books. It also wasn’t as warm and cosy as the previous books, there was more death and traumatic events.

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A quiet heroine

It's possible to suspect the Miss Read stories of being a bit twee, set as they are in idyllic Cotswold villages, evoking nostalgia for a vanished way of life. Some of them may have an element of that, but this one definitely does not. It is the story of Miss Clare's life, spent mostly in the same obscure but beautiful place. It is a realistic tale that does not leave out tragedy or the grimness of poverty but is nevertheless, like Miss Clare herself, gentle, kindly, optimistic, but strong. Miss Clare is a character who never appears under any spotlight on the world stage, but is nevertheless a quiet heroine, devoting her life to others while taking pleasure in her work, and finding joy and strength in the beauty of nature around her: an example of a how to live a useful and happy life in the face of one's own sadnesses and misfortunes.

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A wonderfully nostalgic story

i enjoyed every minute and will listen again, beautifully written and narrated . I love Miss Read books and this was especially good.

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