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Oh! to be in England

Oh! to be in England

H.E. Bates
3.9/5 ( ratings)
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With a letter announcing the imminent arrival of Madame Dupont, Pop and Ma Larkin learn that little Oscar and Blenheim - are to be christened. Pop, who needs no excuse to open a few bottles and host the perfick party, rushes out and buys a fun fair to celebrate. But there are one or two gatecrashers even Pop hadn't counted on turning up.
'Oh To Be In England' was the fourth of five immensely popular comic novels in the Larkin family series, consisting of ‘The Darling Buds of May’ , ‘A Breath of French Air’ , ‘When the Green Woods Laugh’ , ‘Oh! To Be in England’ , and ‘A Little of What You Fancy’ . Bates, speaking of how he was inspired to create the Larkin family, recalled the real junkyard that he often passed near his home in Kent; and he remembered seeing a family -- a father, mother and many children, sucking at ice-creams and eating crisps in a "ramshackle lorry that had been recently painted a violent electric blue". He tried writing a brief tale based on the family, but soon decided that he couldn’t waste such a rich gallery of characters to a short story." Pop is a wonderful character who hates pomp, pretension and humbug; loves his family, but doesn’t hesitate to break a few rules... and his and the Larkins' secret is “that they live as many of us would like to live if only we had the guts and nerve to flout the conventions."
Language
English
Pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd.
Release
November 30, 2006
ISBN
0141029668
ISBN 13
9780141029665

Oh! to be in England

H.E. Bates
3.9/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
With a letter announcing the imminent arrival of Madame Dupont, Pop and Ma Larkin learn that little Oscar and Blenheim - are to be christened. Pop, who needs no excuse to open a few bottles and host the perfick party, rushes out and buys a fun fair to celebrate. But there are one or two gatecrashers even Pop hadn't counted on turning up.
'Oh To Be In England' was the fourth of five immensely popular comic novels in the Larkin family series, consisting of ‘The Darling Buds of May’ , ‘A Breath of French Air’ , ‘When the Green Woods Laugh’ , ‘Oh! To Be in England’ , and ‘A Little of What You Fancy’ . Bates, speaking of how he was inspired to create the Larkin family, recalled the real junkyard that he often passed near his home in Kent; and he remembered seeing a family -- a father, mother and many children, sucking at ice-creams and eating crisps in a "ramshackle lorry that had been recently painted a violent electric blue". He tried writing a brief tale based on the family, but soon decided that he couldn’t waste such a rich gallery of characters to a short story." Pop is a wonderful character who hates pomp, pretension and humbug; loves his family, but doesn’t hesitate to break a few rules... and his and the Larkins' secret is “that they live as many of us would like to live if only we had the guts and nerve to flout the conventions."
Language
English
Pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd.
Release
November 30, 2006
ISBN
0141029668
ISBN 13
9780141029665

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