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H E Bates
(Herbert Ernest Bates)
(1905 - 1974)aka Flying Officer X
Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, who published under the pen name, H. E. Bates, was an English writer and author. His most well-known works include Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May, and My Uncle Silas. He was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and a warehouse clerk.
Genres: General Fiction, Literary Fiction
Series
Pop Larkin Chronicles
1. The Darling Buds of May (1958)
2. A Breath of French Air (1959)
3. When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
aka Hark, Hark, the Lark!
4. Oh! to Be in England (1963)
5. A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
1. The Darling Buds of May (1958)
2. A Breath of French Air (1959)
3. When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
aka Hark, Hark, the Lark!
4. Oh! to Be in England (1963)
5. A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
Novels
The Two Sisters (1926)
The Seekers (1926)
Charlotte's Row (1931)
Holly and Sallow (1931)
The Fallow Land (1932)
The Duet (1935)
The Poacher (1935)
A House of Women (1936)
Spella Ho (1938)
The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1947)
The Scarlet Sword (1950)
Love for Lydia (1952)
The Purple Plain (1952)
Feast of July (1954)
aka The Valley of Love
The Jacaranda Tree (1955)
The Sleepless Moon (1956)
Summer in Salandar (1957)
Fair Stood the Wind for France (1958)
Catherine Foster (1959)
The Day of the Tortoise (1961)
A Crown of Wild Myrtle (1962)
Achilles and Diana (1963)
Achilles and Twins (1964)
A Moment in Time (1964)
Distant Horns of Summer (1967)
The Four Beauties (1968)
Down the River (1968)
White Admiral (1968)
The Triple Echo (1970)
The Flying Goat (1973)
Dulcima (1973)
The Seekers (1926)
Charlotte's Row (1931)
Holly and Sallow (1931)
The Fallow Land (1932)
The Duet (1935)
The Poacher (1935)
A House of Women (1936)
Spella Ho (1938)
The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1947)
The Scarlet Sword (1950)
Love for Lydia (1952)
The Purple Plain (1952)
Feast of July (1954)
aka The Valley of Love
The Jacaranda Tree (1955)
The Sleepless Moon (1956)
Summer in Salandar (1957)
Fair Stood the Wind for France (1958)
Catherine Foster (1959)
The Day of the Tortoise (1961)
A Crown of Wild Myrtle (1962)
Achilles and Diana (1963)
Achilles and Twins (1964)
A Moment in Time (1964)
Distant Horns of Summer (1967)
The Four Beauties (1968)
Down the River (1968)
White Admiral (1968)
The Triple Echo (1970)
The Flying Goat (1973)
Dulcima (1973)
Collections
The Spring Song / in View of the Fact That (1927)
Day's End (1928)
Seven Tales and Alexander (1929)
Christmas 1930 (poems) (1930)
The Woman Who Had Imagination, and Other Stories (1934)
Cut and Come Again (1935)
Something Short and Sweet (1937)
My Uncle Silas (1939)
Black Boxer (1940)
The Greatest People in the World and Other Stories (1942) (as by Flying Officer X)
There's Something in the Air (1942) (as by Flying Officer X)
The Bride Comes to Evansford (1943)
How Sleep the Brave (1943) (as by Flying Officer X)
Thirty-one Selected Tales (1947)
Dear Life (1949)
Colonel Julian (1951)
Selected Short Stories (1951)
Twenty tales (1951)
The Stories of Flying Officer 'X' (1952) (as by Flying Officer X)
The Nature of Love (1953)
The Daffodil Sky (1955)
Death of a Huntsman (1957)
Selected Stories (1957)
Sugar for the Horse (1957)
The Watercress Girl, and Other Stories (1959)
An Aspidistra in Babylon (1960)
The Grapes of Paradise (1960)
The Enchantress (1961)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (1961)
The Golden Oriole (1962)
The Best of H. E. Bates (1963)
Seven By Five (1963)
The Fabulous Mrs. V (1964)
The Wedding Party (1965)
The Wild Cherry Tree (1968)
The Song of the Wren (1972)
The Beauty of the Dead (1973)
Country Tales (1974)
Good Corn and Other Stories (1974)
Short Stories (1975)
Poison Ladies and Other Stories (1976)
The Yellow Meads of Asphodel (1976)
A Party for the Girls (1988)
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree (1989)
Go, Lovely Rose (1989)
Great World War II Stories (1989) (with others)
Give Them Their Life (poems) (1990)
A Month by the Lake (1995)
Seven Tales (1996)
More Tales of My Uncle Silas (2003)
The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories (2016)
The Complete Uncle Silas Stories (2016)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories (2016)
The Black Boxer Tales (2016)
The Complete Flying Officer X Stories (2018) (as by Flying Officer X)
Day's End (1928)
Seven Tales and Alexander (1929)
Christmas 1930 (poems) (1930)
The Woman Who Had Imagination, and Other Stories (1934)
Cut and Come Again (1935)
Something Short and Sweet (1937)
My Uncle Silas (1939)
Black Boxer (1940)
The Greatest People in the World and Other Stories (1942) (as by Flying Officer X)
There's Something in the Air (1942) (as by Flying Officer X)
The Bride Comes to Evansford (1943)
How Sleep the Brave (1943) (as by Flying Officer X)
Thirty-one Selected Tales (1947)
Dear Life (1949)
Colonel Julian (1951)
Selected Short Stories (1951)
Twenty tales (1951)
The Stories of Flying Officer 'X' (1952) (as by Flying Officer X)
The Nature of Love (1953)
The Daffodil Sky (1955)
Death of a Huntsman (1957)
Selected Stories (1957)
Sugar for the Horse (1957)
The Watercress Girl, and Other Stories (1959)
An Aspidistra in Babylon (1960)
The Grapes of Paradise (1960)
The Enchantress (1961)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (1961)
The Golden Oriole (1962)
The Best of H. E. Bates (1963)
Seven By Five (1963)
The Fabulous Mrs. V (1964)
The Wedding Party (1965)
The Wild Cherry Tree (1968)
The Song of the Wren (1972)
The Beauty of the Dead (1973)
Country Tales (1974)
Good Corn and Other Stories (1974)
Short Stories (1975)
Poison Ladies and Other Stories (1976)
The Yellow Meads of Asphodel (1976)
A Party for the Girls (1988)
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree (1989)
Go, Lovely Rose (1989)
Great World War II Stories (1989) (with others)
Give Them Their Life (poems) (1990)
A Month by the Lake (1995)
Seven Tales (1996)
More Tales of My Uncle Silas (2003)
The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories (2016)
The Complete Uncle Silas Stories (2016)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories (2016)
The Black Boxer Tales (2016)
The Complete Flying Officer X Stories (2018) (as by Flying Officer X)
Novellas and Short Stories
The Tree (1930)
Mrs. Esmond's Life (1931)
Sally Go Round the Moon (1932)
The Bride Comes to Evensford (1943)
Mrs. Esmond's Life (1931)
Sally Go Round the Moon (1932)
The Bride Comes to Evensford (1943)
Anthologies edited
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Books containing stories by H E Bates
More books
H E Bates recommends
Three Fevers (1932)
(Bramblewick Trilogy, book 1)
Leo Walmsley
"The storm which closes the book is a magnificent piece of writing ... Conrad himself would have appreciated the colour and intensity ... In the matter of economy he might have even learnt from Mr Walmsley."
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