Lydia Aspen, a lonely English teenager of the 1930s, learns that men are intrigued by her and seeks to hide her vulnerability by bending them to her frivolous will
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About the Author:
H. E. Bates was educated at Kettering Grammar School. He worked as a journalist and clerk on a local newspaper before publishing his first book, after which he quickly acquired a reputation for his stories about English country life. During World War II, he was a squadron leader in the RAF and was commissioned to write stories about service life, which he published under the pseudonym of "Flying Officer X." In 1958 the Larkin family appeared for the first time in The Darling Buds of May, the first of the enduringly popular Larkin family novels. H. E. Bates was awarded the CBE in 1973 and died in 1974.
Review:
"'One of the most vividly evocative writers of English... able to conjure up in a handful of words whole landscapes and moods' Listener 'Drawn with simple, often touching force.' Guardian 'H. E. Bates can achieve a quality of lyrical intensity that few contemporary novelists can match' Times Literary Supplement"
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 014001165X
- ISBN 13 9780140011654
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages302
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