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A Breath of French Air (#2 Pop Larkin) by H.E. Bates
Category: Classics | Series: The\Larkin Family Ser.
'I should like to go to France,' said Ma. 'God Almighty,' Pop said. 'What for?' 'For a holiday of course,' Ma said. 'I think it would do us all good to get some sun.' And so at the end of a rainy English August the Larkins - all ten of them, including little Oscar, the family's new addition - bundle int ...Show more
How Sleep the Brave by H. E. Bates
Category: Biography | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
He was without an equal in England in the kind of story he had made his own and stood in the direct line of succession of fiction writers of English countryside and that includes George Eliot, Hardy and D. H. Lawrence. First published under the pseudonym of Flying Officer S, H. E. Bates's heroic sto ...Show more
In the Heart of the Country by H. E. Bates
Category: Fiction
A beautifully written and wonderfully evocative volume offering descriptive imagery of rural England; the countryside and its people.
Little Of What You Fancy, A by H.E Bates
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Pop Larkin Chronicles Ser.
'Teetotal!' Ma said. 'It's a libel. He'll never live it down. He'll never be able to hold his head up again. Whatever will people think? What's he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?' ' 'No,' ' said Dr Conner. 'You'll have to strap him down,' Ma said. 'You'll have to put the handcuffs on.' ...Show more
Little of What You Fancy by H. E. Bates
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Larkin Family Ser.
'Teetotal!' Ma said. 'It's a libel. He'll never live it down. He'll never be able to hold his head up again. Whatever will people think? What's he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?' 'No,' said Dr Conner. 'You'll have to strap him down,' Ma said. 'You'll have to put the handcuffs on.' And s ...Show more
Oh! To Be In England by H.E Bates
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Pop Larkin Chronicles Ser.
'Christening? We never said nothing about no christening, Ma, did we?' And so with the appearance of a letter announcing the imminent arrival of Madame Dupont, Pop and Ma Larkin learn that little Oscar and Blenheim - Charley and Mariette's new boy - are to be christened. In fact, once Mr Candy - who wil ...Show more
The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates
Category: Classics | Series: The\Pop Larkin Chronicles Ser.
The rich spirit of an English junk dealer and his family is challenged by the arrival of the tax collector in this humorous and heartwarming classic. Beneath the sunny, cloudless skies of Kent, the Larkin household--Pop, Ma, and their six children--enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Pop works as a jun ...Show more
The Darling Buds of May (#1 Pop Larkin) by H.E Bates
Category: Fiction | Series: The Larkin Family Series
'Home looks nice. Allus does though, don't it? Perfick' And so the Larkins - Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery - return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton ...Show more
The Darling Buds of May - A Comedy by H. E. Bates
Category: Classics | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Pop Larkin, who makes a fortune from scrap-iron deals but has never paid income tax, lives in rural idyllic bliss with generous-hearted Ma and their six children. When a young, earn'st tax official, Mr Charlton, turns up one hot May afternoon in 1957 to investigate he is bewitched immediately by eldest ...Show more
The Jacaranda Tree by H E Bates
Category: Fiction
This is a reissue of Bates's acclaimed novel of Burma. During World War II, a small English community are forced to flee when Japanese forces invade Burma. Paterson, the manager of a rice-mill, organises the evacuation and takes with him his Burmese mistress and her young brother. The rest of the party ...Show more
The Purple Plain by H.E. Bates
Category: Fiction
Full of mounting suspense and masterly characterisation, Bates's popular wartime novel tells the story of three very different men who, after their aircraft crashes, are forced to trek across the Burmese wilderness to safety. It is reissued by Methuen along with "The Jacaranda Tree" and "The Purple Plai ...Show more
When the Green Woods Laugh (#3 Pop Larkin) by H. E. Bates
Category: Classics | Series: The\Larkin Family Ser.
‘There!’ Pop said. ‘There’s the house. There’s Gore Court for you. What about that, eh? How’s that strike you? Better than St Paul’s, ain’t it, better than St Paul’s?’ And so Pop Larkin – junk-dealer, family man and Dragon’s Blood connoisseur – manages to sell the nearby crumbling, tumbling country home ...Show more
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