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The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Darling Buds of May about?
'Home looks nice. Allus does though, don't it? Perfick' And so the Larkins - Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery - return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes. Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax - but nothing's that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights. In fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all . . .
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- H. E. Bates
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141902807
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (69 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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