A Breath of French Air
Author : H. E. Bates
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Large type books
ISBN :
Fair Stood the Wind for France
Author : H. E. Bates
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,24 MB
Release : 2023-05-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781088160572
Book Description
Fair Stood the Wind for France, first published in 1944, is author H. E. Bates' fictional account of a downed English bomber-pilot and his crew over occupied France during World War II. The men are taken in by a French family who hide them in their home. However, the pilot, injured during the plane's landing, must remain in France to heal, while his crew begin their journey back to friendly territory. The pilot falls in love with the home-owner's daughter, their relationship grows and eventually they travel together across France, seeking a way back to England. Fair Stood the Wind for France rises above the average romance, however. Set against the horrors of war, it takes on a life-affirming force, enhanced by the simple, yet elegant prose of the author. Bates also excels at evoking a sense of place; much of the story occurs over the course of a hot summer in rural France, and there are many beautiful descriptions of the French countryside as it bakes in the summer heat. In 1980, the book was the subject of a 4-part television mini-series by the BBC.
H.E. Bates
Author : Dean R. Baldwin
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780941664240
Book Description
Reevaluates the accomplishments of the British writer within the context of major literary movements and cross-currents. It considers all areas of his work including his stories of country life; war stories and novels; his best work, Love for Lydia; and his highly acclaimed nonfiction on environmental issues.
Through the Woods
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher : Nature Classics Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 9781908213020
Book Description
Bates describes a single woodland year in this enchanting book.
Best of H. E. Bates
Author : H. E. Bates
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 16,29 MB
Release : 2017-08-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781974301393
Book Description
The earliest of these stories, The Flame, was first published in 1926, having been written a year earlier, when I was twenty; the latest appeared in 1961. The intervening thirty-five years, together with the thirty-five stories I have chosen from that period, therefore give this collection its title, Seven by Five. My aim has been to make the book as widely representative of my work as a short story writer as possible, but I have nevertheless refrained from including any of the war-time stories I wrote under the pseudonym of 'Flying Officer X', any of the stories of Uncle Silas and any novellas, since these all belong, in my view, to quite separate categories. *The title of the British edition.
The Darling Buds of May
Author : H. E. Bates
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 43,48 MB
Release : 1991-03-05
Category : Country life
ISBN : 9780140139341
Book Description
Short comic novel about an unconventional English farmer and his attempts to snare a husband for his daughter.
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree & Other Stories
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811210881
Book Description
Readers who have discovered the delights of the British master storyteller H.E. Bates will welcome this third collection. Gathered here are twenty stories written between 1938 and 1964 which are gems of human observation.
My Uncle Silas
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher :
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 1939
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
A Little of What You Fancy
Author : H. E. Bates
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504068815
Book Description
The Larkin family’s rich spirit is tested when Pop has a heart attack in this series finale by the author of The Darling Buds of May. Pop Larkin enjoys the finer things in life, like good food and drink, but too much of it leads him to a mild heart attack. Placed on bedrest and an uncharacteristically strict diet, the family patriarch soon finds himself in low spirits. As nurses try their hand at helping Pop get well, Ma pursues alternative remedies. And Primrose, meanwhile, is in hot pursuit of the dashing Mr. Candy. But when it is discovered the government has plans to run a railroad through the Larkins’ home, it is all hands on deck as the Larkins, their community, and even Pop rise up to prove that the country way of life is always worth fighting for . . . Praise for the Pop Larkin Chronicles “The Larkins live—these novels please us by escaping definition.” —The Guardian “Like Wodehouse’s Jeeves, Bates’ Larkins must continue in their own delightful milieu—in this case the Kentish countryside.” —The New York Times
The Jacaranda Tree
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher : Boston Little, Brown 1949.
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Burma
ISBN :
Book Description
A story of physical hardships and the spiritual experience of a group of Britishers escaping from Japanese-invaded Burma.
