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)
aka Hark, Hark, the Lark!
Oh! to Be in England (1963)
A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
The Larkins (omnibus) (1981)
Perfick, Perfick!: The Story of the Larkin Family (omnibus) (1985)
The Pop Larkin Chronicles (1991)
The Darling Buds of May (1958)
A Breath of French Air (1959)
When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
aka Hark, Hark, the Lark!
Oh! to Be in England (1963)
A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
The Larkins (omnibus) (1981)
Perfick, Perfick!: The Story of the Larkin Family (omnibus) (1985)
The Pop Larkin Chronicles (1991)
Novels
The Two Sisters (1926)
The Seekers (1926)
Charlotte's Row (1931)
Holly and Sallow (1931)
The Fallow Land (1932)
The Duet (1935)
The Poacher (1935)
A House of Women (1936)
Spella Ho (1938)
The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1947)
The Scarlet Sword (1950)
Love for Lydia (1952)
The Purple Plain (1952)
Feast of July (1954)
aka The Valley of Love
The Jacaranda Tree (1955)
The Sleepless Moon (1956)
Summer in Salandar (1957)
Fair Stood the Wind for France (1958)
Catherine Foster (1959)
The Day of the Tortoise (1961)
A Crown of Wild Myrtle (1962)
Achilles and Diana (1963)
Achilles and Twins (1964)
A Moment in Time (1964)
Distant Horns of Summer (1967)
The Four Beauties (1968)
Down the River (1968)
White Admiral (1968)
The Triple Echo (1970)
Dulcima (1971)
The Flying Goat (1973)
The Seekers (1926)
Charlotte's Row (1931)
Holly and Sallow (1931)
The Fallow Land (1932)
The Duet (1935)
The Poacher (1935)
A House of Women (1936)
Spella Ho (1938)
The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1947)
The Scarlet Sword (1950)
Love for Lydia (1952)
The Purple Plain (1952)
Feast of July (1954)
aka The Valley of Love
The Jacaranda Tree (1955)
The Sleepless Moon (1956)
Summer in Salandar (1957)
Fair Stood the Wind for France (1958)
Catherine Foster (1959)
The Day of the Tortoise (1961)
A Crown of Wild Myrtle (1962)
Achilles and Diana (1963)
Achilles and Twins (1964)
A Moment in Time (1964)
Distant Horns of Summer (1967)
The Four Beauties (1968)
Down the River (1968)
White Admiral (1968)
The Triple Echo (1970)
Dulcima (1971)
The Flying Goat (1973)
Omnibus
Collections
The Spring Song / in View of the Fact That (1927)
Day's End (1928)
Seven Tales and Alexander (1929)
Christmas 1930 (poems) (1930)
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)
Dear Life (1949)
Colonel Julian: And Other Stories (1951)
Twenty tales (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)
Sugar for the Horse (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)
Seven By Five: Stories, 1926-1961 (1963)
The Best of H. E. Bates (1963)
The Fabulous Mrs. V (1964)
The Wedding Party (1965)
The Wild Cherry Tree (1968)
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)
The Yellow Meads of Asphodel (1976)
A Party for the Girls: Six Stories (1988)
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree (1989)
Go, Lovely Rose (1989)
Great World War II Stories (1989) (with James Jones, James A Michener, Nicholas Monsarrat, Irwin Shaw and Nevil Shute)
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)
Christmas 1930 (poems) (1930)
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)
Dear Life (1949)
Colonel Julian: And Other Stories (1951)
Twenty tales (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)
Sugar for the Horse (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)
Seven By Five: Stories, 1926-1961 (1963)
The Best of H. E. Bates (1963)
The Fabulous Mrs. V (1964)
The Wedding Party (1965)
The Wild Cherry Tree (1968)
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)
The Yellow Meads of Asphodel (1976)
A Party for the Girls: Six Stories (1988)
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree (1989)
Go, Lovely Rose (1989)
Great World War II Stories (1989) (with James Jones, James A Michener, Nicholas Monsarrat, Irwin Shaw and Nevil Shute)
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
Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
A Threshing Day (1931)
Flowers and Faces (1932)
Through the Woods: The English Woodland-april to April (1936)
The Modern Short Story (1940)
The Seasons and the Gardener: A Book for Children (1941)
Rutland, the Toy County (1941)
In the Heart of the Country (1942)
Country Life (1943)
O More Than Happy Countryman (1943)
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)
The Country Heart (1949)
Edward Garnett (1950)
Flower Gardening: A Reader's Guide (1950)
The Country of White Clover (1952)
The Face of England (1952)
Kent Is My County (1952)
Pastoral On Paper (1953)
Lost World of Fancy (1954)
Why I Wrote That Book (1955)
The Vanished World (1969)
Blossoming World: An Autobiography (1971)
A Love of Flowers (1971)
World in Ripeness (1972)
Fountain of Flowers (1974)
Sea Days, Sea Flowers (1984)
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)
Flowers and Faces (1932)
Through the Woods: The English Woodland-april to April (1936)
The Modern Short Story (1940)
The Seasons and the Gardener: A Book for Children (1941)
Rutland, the Toy County (1941)
In the Heart of the Country (1942)
Country Life (1943)
O More Than Happy Countryman (1943)
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)
The Country Heart (1949)
Edward Garnett (1950)
Flower Gardening: A Reader's Guide (1950)
The Country of White Clover (1952)
The Face of England (1952)
Kent Is My County (1952)
Pastoral On Paper (1953)
Lost World of Fancy (1954)
Why I Wrote That Book (1955)
The Vanished World (1969)
Blossoming World: An Autobiography (1971)
A Love of Flowers (1971)
World in Ripeness (1972)
Fountain of Flowers (1974)
Sea Days, Sea Flowers (1984)
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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