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
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