H. E Bates

The rich spirit of an English junk dealer and his family is challenged by the arrival of the tax collector in this humorous and heartwarming classic.
Beneath the sunny, cloudless skies of Kent, the Larkin household—Pop, Ma, and their six children—enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Pop works as a junk dealer and keeps the farm to feed his brood, while Ma cooks the meals and minds the children. While the family may not seem

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Bella Ford, aged 19 and inexperienced, is seduced by an older, married man and becomes pregnant. Jilted by her unscrupulous lover, Bella plans revenge and journeys to the place he told her he was from- a lie- and loses the baby during the journey. She is taken in by a family of shoemakers who help her restore her faith in living- until a crisis of extreme tragedy puts her to the highest test. This brooding, suspenseful...

Thirty-five tales from the English master including "The Major of the Hussars" and "Colonel Julian."

An English fighter pilot brings his plane down in Occupied France during WWII. The family of a French farmer risk their lives to protect him. He and the daughter of the house are drawn to each other, but it is not time to fall in love.

A chronicle of the love affairs of a beautiful but wayward upper-class English girl in a skating community in the English countryside.

Twenty stories from the master storyteller written between 1938 and 1964.