The Darling Buds of May (novel) 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 selling farm animals or previous purchases that they've tired of. Nevertheless, they joyfully spend money on horses, cars, perfume, fine furniture, and holidays abroad. Pop Larkin opposes taxes and
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling Wakeman, John (ed.) "World Authors 1950-1970", H. W. Wilson, New York (1975). Fuchs, Miriam (ed) "Marguerite Young, Our Darling" (Dalkey Archive Press, 1994) Miss MacIntosh, My Darling Miss MacIntosh, My Darling is a novel by Marguerite Young. She has described it as "an exploration of the illusions, hallucinations, errors of judgment in individual lives, the central scene of the novel being an opium addict's paradise." The novel is one of the longest ever written. Young began writing the novel in 1947, expecting it would take two years. She worked on it daily, and did not finish until 1964. Young has