The Darling Buds of May (novel) any barriers to free enterprise. The title of the book is a quote from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate: / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer's lease hath all too short a date;" [...] Pop and Ma Larkin celebrate sex, youth, and vitality. In each novella in the series, Pop Larkin kisses, caresses, and pinches most of the women that he encounters. Ma Larkin expects this behaviour and approves of it. When told that Pop has kissed the middle-aged
The Darling (short story) The Darling (short story) "The Darling" () is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of "Semya" (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. The story follows the life of a woman who is referred to by others as "darling". Anton Chekhov started writing short comic stories while attending medical school to help pay for school and his family. He finally became a full-time writer in 1892 and wrote his famous stories such as "Neighbors", "Ward Number Six", "The Black Monk", and "The Murder". Chekhov is known throughout Russia, but remained unknown