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Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest) 1905-1974

Overview
Works: 834 works in 2,927 publications in 25 languages and 48,983 library holdings
Genres: War stories  Love stories  Domestic fiction  Humorous fiction  Historical fiction  Adventure fiction  Pastoral fiction  Bildungsromans  Epic fiction  Comedies 
Roles: Author of screenplay, Editor, Author of introduction, Bibliographic antecedent, Writer of accompanying material, Conceptor, sig
Classifications: pr6003.a965, 823.912
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131 editions published between and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 1,718 libraries worldwide
An English fighter pilot brings his plane down in Occupied France during WWII. The family of a French farmer risk their lives to protect him. He and the daughter of the house are drawn to each other, but it is not time to fall in love.
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52 editions published between and 1976 in English and held by 1,378 libraries worldwide
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82 editions published between and 2006 in 7 languages and held by 1,265 libraries worldwide
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63 editions published between and 2008 in 8 languages and held by 896 libraries worldwide
Lydia is a girl from a wealthy but isolated background. Gradually she discovers the delights of growing up, captivating completely the young men around her. The lives of these young people are unfolding against a background of the carefree late 1920s, a story of the winds of passion and the peace which comes when the storm is over. 1974.
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95 editions published between and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 817 libraries worldwide
Hilarious rural adventures of Pop and Ma Larkin.
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55 editions published between and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 808 libraries worldwide
Fourteen short stories offer a lively portrait of the narrator's ninety-five-year-old, spunky, wickedly charming, great-uncle Silas. Here he is wrestling pigs, playing Casanova, or surviving for days on "stewed nails" as he hides in a cellar from a jealous husband.
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51 editions published between and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 763 libraries worldwide
More adventures of the happy-go-lucky Larkin family.
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32 editions published between and 2010 in English and held by 748 libraries worldwide
Betrayed young girl seeks the man responsible.
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80 editions published between and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 717 libraries worldwide
Roman.
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56 editions published between and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 665 libraries worldwide
They're here again - the indestructible Larkins of The Darling Buds of May. This time, with baby Oscar, the Rolls, and Ma's unmarried passport, they're off to France. The first Darling Buds Of May T.V. series, which contained parts of A Breath of French Air, achieved massive success. Now David Jason, who played 'Pop' Larkin in the T.V. series, gives an outstanding reading of the book.
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34 editions published between and 1991 in English and held by 645 libraries worldwide
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24 editions published between and 2008 in English and held by 622 libraries worldwide
An Englishman vacationing in Greece encounters a girl and her travelling companion; he gradually discovers the girl is desperately in need of love and release from her emotional bondage.
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25 editions published between and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 614 libraries worldwide
During the Battle of Britain a young girl's life is suddenly changed by her friendships with a group of fighter pilots.
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42 editions published between and 2001 in English and held by 604 libraries worldwide
Fra Indien i 1947.
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32 editions published between and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 583 libraries worldwide
Young and sensitive Catherine's marriage to dry methodical Charles Foster soon went sour on her, and when Charles' brother Andrew visited them, she welcomed him as someone to talk to. Catherine and Andrew are drawn together and Catherine visits him at his flat. They fall in ravenous and sensual love.
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6 editions published between and 2002 in English and held by 553 libraries worldwide
The Larkins who live on a farm in England pay no taxes and only work occasionally. Mr. Charlton, a young government worker, attempts to get Pop's name into the ledgers of the Bureau of Inland Revenue, but first he must resist the blandishments of the entire family - including the advances of a seductive older daughter. 1958.
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35 editions published between and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 515 libraries worldwide
Follows the fortunes of Bruno Shadbolt from youth to old age in a great house on a hill in Northamptonshire, England, and his obsessions with money and women.
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37 editions published between and 2006 in English and held by 435 libraries worldwide
In the third of the Larkin novels, the full Larkin orchestra is back on the rural fiddle. Pop Larkin continues to make his Dragon's Blood and Angela Snow bewitches the Brigidier who finds he may be too old to ride but he is still young enough to fall. Read by Philip Franks who played Charlie in the top-rating Yorkshire Television series "The Darling Buds of May."
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27 editions published between and 2006 in English and held by 377 libraries worldwide
When Pop Larkin suffers a mild heart attack, Ma Larkin sends a succession of women up to his bedroom to tempt him back to health.
 
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Fair stood the wind for France
Alternative Names

controlled identity Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974

Bates, H. E.
Bates, H. E., 1905-1974
Bates, H. E. 1905-1974 LCAuth
Bates, Herbert E.
Bates, Herbert Ernest
Bates, Herbert Ernest, 1905-1974
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"X", Flying Officer, 1905-1974
بيتس، هـ. ا.، 1905-1974 م
بيتس، هربرت ارنست، 1905-1974 م
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