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About H E Bates
Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, who published under the pen name, H. E. Bates, was an English writer and author. His most well-known works include Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May, and My Uncle Silas. He was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and a warehouse clerk.
Series
Pop Larkin
The Darling Buds of May (1958)
A Breath of French Air (1959)
When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
Oh! to Be in England (1963)
A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
The Larkins (1981)
Perfick, Perfick!: The Story of the Larkin Family (1985)
The Pop Larkin Chronicles (1991)
The Darling Buds of May (1958)
A Breath of French Air (1959)
When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
Oh! to Be in England (1963)
A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
The Larkins (1981)
Perfick, Perfick!: The Story of the Larkin Family (1985)
The Pop Larkin Chronicles (1991)
Novels
The Two Sisters (1926)
The Seekers (1926)
The Tree (1930)
Christmas 1930 (1930)
Mrs. Esmond's Life (1931)
A Threshing Day (1931)
Charlotte's Row (1931)
Holly and Sallow (1931)
Sally Go Round the Moon (1932)
The Fallow Land (1932)
The Poacher (1935)
The Duet (1935)
Flowers and Faces (1935)
A House of Women (1936)
Spella Ho (1938)
Rutland, the Toy County (1941)
Country Life (1943)
O More Than Happy Countryman (1943)
The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1947)
Dear Life (1949)
Edward Garnett (1950)
The Scarlet Sword (1950)
The Country Heart (1952)
Love for Lydia (1952)
The Purple Plain (1952)
The Country of White Clover (1952)
Pastoral On Paper (1953)
Feast of July (1954)
aka The Valley of Love
The Jacaranda Tree (1955)
The Sleepless Moon (1956)
Sugar for the Horse (1957)
Summer in Salandar (1957)
Fair Stood the Wind for France (1958)
Catherine Foster (1959)
The Day of the Tortoise (1961)
Hark, Hark, the Lark! (1961)
A Crown of Wild Myrtle (1962)
Achilles and Diana (1963)
Achilles and Twins (1964)
Fabulous Mrs. V (1964)
A Moment in Time (1964)
The Wedding Party (1965)
Distant Horns of Summer (1967)
The Four Beauties (1968)
Down the River (1968)
White Admiral (1968)
The Wild Cherry Tree (1968)
The Triple Echo (1970)
Love of Flowers (1971)
Dulcima (1971)
The Flying Goat (1973)
Fountain of Flowers (1974)
The Yellow Meads of Asphodel (1976)
The Seekers (1926)
The Tree (1930)
Christmas 1930 (1930)
Mrs. Esmond's Life (1931)
A Threshing Day (1931)
Charlotte's Row (1931)
Holly and Sallow (1931)
Sally Go Round the Moon (1932)
The Fallow Land (1932)
The Poacher (1935)
The Duet (1935)
Flowers and Faces (1935)
A House of Women (1936)
Spella Ho (1938)
Rutland, the Toy County (1941)
Country Life (1943)
O More Than Happy Countryman (1943)
The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1947)
Dear Life (1949)
Edward Garnett (1950)
The Scarlet Sword (1950)
The Country Heart (1952)
Love for Lydia (1952)
The Purple Plain (1952)
The Country of White Clover (1952)
Pastoral On Paper (1953)
Feast of July (1954)
aka The Valley of Love
The Jacaranda Tree (1955)
The Sleepless Moon (1956)
Sugar for the Horse (1957)
Summer in Salandar (1957)
Fair Stood the Wind for France (1958)
Catherine Foster (1959)
The Day of the Tortoise (1961)
Hark, Hark, the Lark! (1961)
A Crown of Wild Myrtle (1962)
Achilles and Diana (1963)
Achilles and Twins (1964)
Fabulous Mrs. V (1964)
A Moment in Time (1964)
The Wedding Party (1965)
Distant Horns of Summer (1967)
The Four Beauties (1968)
Down the River (1968)
White Admiral (1968)
The Wild Cherry Tree (1968)
The Triple Echo (1970)
Love of Flowers (1971)
Dulcima (1971)
The Flying Goat (1973)
Fountain of Flowers (1974)
The Yellow Meads of Asphodel (1976)
Omnibus
Collections
The Spring Song / in View of the Fact That (1927)
Day's End (1928)
Seven Tales and Alexander (1929)
The Woman Who Had Imagination, and Other Stories (1934)
Cut and Come Again: Fourteen Stories (1935)
Something Short and Sweet (1937)
My Uncle Silas (1939)
Black Boxer (1940)
The Bride Comes to Evansford (1943)
Thirty-one Selected Tales (1947)
Twenty tales (1951)
Colonel Julian: And Other Stories (1951)
Selected Short Stories (1951)
The Nature of Love: Three Short Novels (1953)
The Daffodil Sky (1955)
Death of a Huntsman: Four Short Novels (1957)
Selected Stories (1957)
The Watercress Girl, and Other Stories (1959)
An Aspidistra in Babylon: Four Novellas (1960)
The Grapes of Paradise: Four Short Novels (1960)
The Enchantress (1961)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (1961)
The Golden Oriole: Five Novellas (1962)
The Best of H. E. Bates (1963)
Seven By Five: Stories, 1926-1961 (1963)
The Song of the Wren (1972)
The Beauty of the Dead (1973)
Country Tales (1974)
Good Corn and Other Stories (1974)
Short Stories (1975)
Poison Ladies and Other Stories (1976)
A Party for the Girls: Six Stories (1988)
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree (1989)
Go, Lovely Rose (1989)
Give Them Their Life (poems) (1990)
A Month by the Lake (1995)
Seven Tales (1996)
More Tales of My Uncle Silas (2003)
Day's End (1928)
Seven Tales and Alexander (1929)
The Woman Who Had Imagination, and Other Stories (1934)
Cut and Come Again: Fourteen Stories (1935)
Something Short and Sweet (1937)
My Uncle Silas (1939)
Black Boxer (1940)
The Bride Comes to Evansford (1943)
Thirty-one Selected Tales (1947)
Twenty tales (1951)
Colonel Julian: And Other Stories (1951)
Selected Short Stories (1951)
The Nature of Love: Three Short Novels (1953)
The Daffodil Sky (1955)
Death of a Huntsman: Four Short Novels (1957)
Selected Stories (1957)
The Watercress Girl, and Other Stories (1959)
An Aspidistra in Babylon: Four Novellas (1960)
The Grapes of Paradise: Four Short Novels (1960)
The Enchantress (1961)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (1961)
The Golden Oriole: Five Novellas (1962)
The Best of H. E. Bates (1963)
Seven By Five: Stories, 1926-1961 (1963)
The Song of the Wren (1972)
The Beauty of the Dead (1973)
Country Tales (1974)
Good Corn and Other Stories (1974)
Short Stories (1975)
Poison Ladies and Other Stories (1976)
A Party for the Girls: Six Stories (1988)
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree (1989)
Go, Lovely Rose (1989)
Give Them Their Life (poems) (1990)
A Month by the Lake (1995)
Seven Tales (1996)
More Tales of My Uncle Silas (2003)
Plays
Picture Books
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Through the Woods: The English Woodland-april to April (1936)
The Seasons and the Gardener: A Book for Children (1941)
There's Freedom in the Air: The Official Story of the Allied Air Forces from the Occupied Countries (1944)
The Tinkers of Elstow: The Story of the Royal Ordnance Factory Managed By J. Lyons And Company Limited for the Ministry of Supply During the World War of 1939-1945 (1946)
Flower Gardening: A Reader's Guide (1950)
The Face of England (1952)
Kent Is My County (1952)
Lost World of Fancy (1954)
Why I Wrote That Book (1955)
The Vanished World (1969)
Blossoming World: An Autobiography (1971)
World in Ripeness (1972)
Modern Short Story (1972)
Sea days, sea flowers (1984)
In the Heart of the Country (1985)
The Ripening World: blossoming World / world in Ripeness (1987)
Flying Bombs Over England (1994)
H.E.Bates Autobiography: Vanished World / Blossoming World / World in Ripeness (2006)
The Seasons and the Gardener: A Book for Children (1941)
There's Freedom in the Air: The Official Story of the Allied Air Forces from the Occupied Countries (1944)
The Tinkers of Elstow: The Story of the Royal Ordnance Factory Managed By J. Lyons And Company Limited for the Ministry of Supply During the World War of 1939-1945 (1946)
Flower Gardening: A Reader's Guide (1950)
The Face of England (1952)
Kent Is My County (1952)
Lost World of Fancy (1954)
Why I Wrote That Book (1955)
The Vanished World (1969)
Blossoming World: An Autobiography (1971)
World in Ripeness (1972)
Modern Short Story (1972)
Sea days, sea flowers (1984)
In the Heart of the Country (1985)
The Ripening World: blossoming World / world in Ripeness (1987)
Flying Bombs Over England (1994)
H.E.Bates Autobiography: Vanished World / Blossoming World / World in Ripeness (2006)
Anthologies containing stories by H E Bates
Short stories
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