The Darling Buds of May (Pocket)
avBates, H E
ISBN: 9780573017513 - UTGIVEN: 1996-08-01This play version of the H.E. Bates novel centres on the Larkin family, who live in Kent "somewhere at the end of a rainbow". When an ernest young tax official turns up one hot May afternoon in 1957 to investigate Pop's income tax contributions, he is bewitched by eldest daughter Mariette.[...]
A Breath of French Air (Storpocket)
avH. E. Bates
ISBN: 9780141029641 - UTGIVEN: 200611'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[...]
A Little of What You Fancy (Storpocket)
avH. E. Bates
ISBN: 9780141029658 - UTGIVEN: 200611'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[...]
Oh! to be in England (Storpocket)
avH. E. Bates
ISBN: 9780141029665 - UTGIVEN: 200611'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[...]
The Darling Buds of May (Storpocket)
avH. E. Bates
ISBN: 9780141029672 - UTGIVEN: 200611'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 Char[...]
When the Green Woods Laugh (Storpocket)
avH. E. Bates
ISBN: 9780141029689 - UTGIVEN: 200611'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 [...]
A Month by the Lake & Other Stories (Häftad)
avH. E. Bates, Anthony Burgess
ISBN: 9780811210362 - UTGIVEN: 1987-10Seventeen stories deal with a middle-aged romance, a child's pain, a man living in the past, pilots during World War II, and an absent-minded old man[...]
"The Darling Buds of May" (Häftad)
avH. E. Bates
ISBN: 9781405867696 - UTGIVEN: 200802Contemporary / British English Meet the Larkin family! They enjoy a wonderful country life, never worrying about money, work or the law. But then, one day, a man arrives from the tax office. Is the taxman going to change the Larkin's lives? Or is his life going to change forever?[...]
"The Darling Buds of May" Book/CD Pack
avH. E. Bates
ISBN: 9781405885461 - UTGIVEN: 200803Contemporary / British English Meet the Larkin family! They enjoy a wonderful country life, never worrying about money, work or the law. But then, one day, a man arrives from the tax office. Is the taxman going to change the Larkin's lives? Or is his life going to change forever?[...]
