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She is indeed:

Categories: 1913 births | Living people

"Dora Jessie Saint (b. 17 April 1913), best known by the pen name Miss Read, is an English novelist, by profession a schoolmistress. She wrote a series of novels from 1956 to 1996. Her work centred on two fictional English villages, Fairacre and Thrush Green. The principal character in the Fairacre books, "Miss Read", is an unmarried schoolteacher in a small village school, an acerbic and yet compassionate observer of village life. Miss Read's novels are wry regional social comedies, laced with gentle humour and subtle social commentary. Miss Read is also a keen observer of nature and the changing seasons.
Her most direct influence is from Jane Austen, although her work also bears similarities to the social comedies of manners written in the 1920s and 1930s, and in particular the work of Barbara Pym. Miss Read's work has influenced a number of writers in her own turn, the most popular of whom may be the American writer Jan Karon. The musician Enya has a track on her Watermark album named after the book Miss Clare Remembers, and one on her Shepherd Moons album named after No Holly for Miss Quinn.

2007-05-26 16:18:03 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0 0

Yes she is. There is a list of famous living people who have lived long lives and are still alive: it reads: Miss Read(Dora Saint) (1913 - )

2007-05-26 16:22:40 · answer #2 · answered by angela l 7 · 0 0

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2016-12-18 05:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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