The Darling Buds of May (novel) film "The Mating Game" in 1959. ITV produced a television series based on the novel and its sequels, "The Darling Buds of May", which ran from 1991 to 1993. The Darling Buds of May (novel) The Darling Buds of May is a novella by British writer H. E. Bates, first published in 1958. It was the first of a series of five books about the Larkins, a rural family from Kent. Pop and Ma Larkin and their many children take joy in nature, each other's company, and almost constant feasts. Their only income is through selling scrap, picking strawberries, and
Harriet Bates ancient New England town, they are unsurpassed for humor, clever character drawing, and delicacy of touch. She died at her home in Boston, Massachusetts, in March, 1886. After her death, Arlo prepared for the press her sketches, "Old Salem" (1886), and a novel, "A Woodland Wooing" (1889). In her memory, he wrote "Sonnets in Shadow", which was dedicated to her. Her son was the archaeologist, Oric Bates (1883–1919). Harriet Bates Harriet Bates (pen name, Eleanor Putnam; July 30, 1856 – March 1886) was a 19th-century American author of poetry and novels. Harriet Leonora Vose was born at Quincy, Illinois, July