A Breath of French Air
1959 novel
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| Author | H. E. Bates |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | The Darling Buds of May |
| Followed by | When the Green Woods Laugh |
A Breath of French Air is a 1959 comedy novel by the British writer H. E. Bates. It is the sequel to his popular 1958 novel The Darling Buds of May about a family living in the Kent countryside.[1] [2] The Larkins decide to take their first ever foreign holiday and travel to France, taking their Rolls-Royce with them. However they at first find France disconcertingly unlikable, including the bad weather.[3]
In 1991 it was adapted into two episodes of the ITV television series The Darling Buds of May featuring David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
References
Bibliography
- Baldwin, Dean R. H.E. Bates: A Literary Life. Susquehanna University Press, 1987.
- Head, Dominic. Modernity and the English Rural Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Hillier, Bevis. The Decorative Arts of the Forties and Fifties Austerity Binge. C. N. Potter, 1975.
- Jacob, Merle & Apple, Hope. To be Continued: An Annotated Guide to Sequels. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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H. E. Bates
- The Two Sisters (1926)
- My Uncle Silas (1939)
- Fair Stood the Wind for France (1944)
- The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1946)
- The Purple Plain (1947)
- Love for Lydia (1952)
- A Moment in Time (1964)
- The Triple Echo (1970)
- The Darling Buds of May (1958)
- A Breath of French Air (1959)
- When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
- Oh! To be in England (1963)
- A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
- Edward Ardizzone
- Lynton Lamb
- John Nash (artist)
- John Minton (artist)
- Agnes Miller Parker
- Randolph Schwabe
- Charles Tunnicliffe
- John Stanton Ward
- James Broom-Lynne
- Carol Barker
- Country Matters (1972)
- Love for Lydia (1977)
- A Moment in Time (1979)
- Fair Stood the Wind for France (1980)
- The Darling Buds of May (1991)
- My Uncle Silas (2001)
- The Larkins (2021)
- The Purple Plain (1953)
- The Mating Game (1959)
- Dulcima (1971)
- The Triple Echo (1972)
- A Month by the Lake (1995)
- Feast of July (1995)
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