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The Darling Buds of May (novel)

The Darling Buds of May
First edition
AuthorH. E. Bates
Cover artistJames Broom-Lynne[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy novel
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1958
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
ISBN0-14-001602-3
Followed byA Breath of French Air 

The Darling Buds of May is a novella by British writer H. E. Bates published in 1958. It was the first of a series of five books about the Larkins, a rural family from Kent. The title of the book is a quote from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate: / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer's lease hath all too short a date; [...]


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