Po ovom romanu je snimljena i sjajna serija (pre nekoliko meseci prikazivao ju je HRT) sa sjajnim Dejvidom Džejsonom (Del boj) i Ketrin Zita-Džonsovom. It should not be overlooked, however, that he also wrote some outstanding novels, starting with The Two Sisters through to A Moment in Time, with such works as Love For Lydia, Fair Stood the Wind for France and The Scarlet Sword earning high praise from the critics. The only thing that really grated on me was Pop going around kissing all the women on the mouth with unwarranted "velvety passion"--and this would appear to include his adult daughter. Bates was a great lover of the countryside and its people and this is exemplified in two volumes of essays entitled Through the Woods and Down the River. It was adapted for stage and produced at the Saville Theatre, London, starring Elspeth March and Peter Jones.

They are a simple family with simple life values, ostensibly ‘poor’ but, more accurately, just not playing by the taxman’s rules. Sometimes I read a book description and think I will take a chance with a book outside my typical Mormon or Christian romance genre. Little rivers of yellow, brown and pinkish-purple cream where running down over her huge lardy hands. Though this comedy was well written there was some light language and sex scenes (though not EXTREMELY detailed) so I would advise discretion with younger readers.Now known as “Charley,” our hapless hero floats along on a stream of unstinting alcohol and unending feasts. It is not then, as my imperfect impressions and memories may have led me to believe, a poor-man's Cold Comfort Farm. Ma and Pop Larkin's eldest daughter Mariette, is a naughty temptress, who already pregnant by persons unknown is trying to lure young Charlton 'Charlie' down the path to fleshly wickedness, and he seems unable to resist. Herbert) Bates had a way that I found similar to Enid Blyton's of describing in rich detail the food and drink that was consumed, and the after affects.

As I complained of ‘Love for Lydia’ the Larkin stories hark back to a time that didn’t really exist. Nevertheless, they joyfully spend money on horses, cars, perfume, fine furniture, and holidays abroad. They moved to the village of Little Chart in Kent and bought an old granary and this together with an acre of garden they converted into a home. In the next fifteen years he acquired a distinguished reputation for his stories about English country life. The character of Reverend Candy in several of the novels is based on Bates's friend Bernard Harris, a Methodist clergyman who officiated at Bates's wedding in 1931.Forever bathed in golden sunlight and blessed with the fragrance of gardenia, buttercups and may, not to mention sage and onion and roast geese, and ringing with the laughter of Ma Larkin and Pop's belching, The Darling Buds of May is simply a must-read.

I'm not sure if I should be surprised that the young Catherine Zeta Jones could have had such a powerful effect on me at that age but, regardless, my other overpowering impression of it, looking back, is one of a nostalgic yearning for an England that never was. The book was written in the 50s and centers upon a family that is poor and rural, and enjoys one another's company, good food, flashy possessions, and the beauty of nature. The Pop Larkin Chronicles: The Darling Buds of May;a Breath of French Air;when the Green Woods Laugh;Oh!Pappa Larkinin mutkaton ja maanläheinen elämänasenne hymyilyttää, ja myös Englannin maaseutua ja Mamman ruokapöytään loihtimia herkkuja kuvataan kaikkia aisteja kutkuttavalla tavalla.