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The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates · Booklabria

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The Darling Buds of May

EnglandHumorous

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First published: 1992
Language: English
Editions: 3

Synopsis

The first of the Larkin novels, first published in 1958, this short comic novel introduced the Larkin family to an unsuspecting world. Here Pop, Ma, Mariette and the children beguile Charley, a timid and naive tax inspector into abandoning his investigations to take up residence at their rural paradise in Kent.

Subjects: England
Humorous
Country life
Larkin family
Larkin, pop
Set in: England
Kent
Time: 1950'S
Characters: Larkin family

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