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Herbert Ernest Bates CBE (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974) was a British writer, known for his gritty realistic short stories (he wrote more than 25 collections) and novels set in the early to mid 20th century of England mainly.
The Darling Buds of May is a novella by British writer H. E. Bates published in 1958. It was the first of a series of five books about the Larkins, a rural family from Kent. The title of the book is a quote from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Pages in category "Novels by H. E. Bates" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. A Breath of ...
A 1952 book review by Kirkus Reviews called the book "a certain latter day-disenchantment for a return to a lost youth, and a first love for Lydia, whose capricious charms were to destroy as well as affect in a fickle, facile pursuit" and summarized: "A moment in time—and feeling, recaptured with a poignant detachment and regret, with however—none of the external drama of earlier novels."
The Times Literary Supplement as true of most other reviews, criticized Bates for turning 'the Battle of Britain into a gay summer frolic in a pastoral setting.' [1] Dean R. Baldwin in his book H.E. Bates: A Literary Life writes 'the novel is a slender story centring on Elizabeth, her grandmother, her silly uncle, half a dozen pilots, and one ...
Novels by H. E. Bates (10 P) S. Short stories by H. E. Bates (1 P) Pages in category "Works by H. E. Bates" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Triple Echo [1] is a 1970 novella written by English author H. E. Bates.Set during the early years of World War II the story describes the strange relationship that develops between a young army deserter and a married woman struggling to run a farm alone in the absence of her P.O.W. husband.
The Cruise of the Breadwinner is a novella by the British author H. E. Bates.It was first published in 1946 and has been printed a number of times since. Much like the acclaimed novel Fair Stood the Wind for France, it is one of Bates' war-oriented pieces.
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