There, late at night, he saw a light burning in a cottage window and it was this that triggered the story. Both have been reprinted numerous times.īates discarded his first novel, written when he was in his late teenage years, but his second, and the first to be published, The Two Sisters, was inspired by one of his midnight walks, which took him to the small village of Farndish. His love for the countryside is exemplified in two volumes of essays, Through the Woods and Down the River. Bates was partial to taking long walks around the Northamptonshire countryside and this often provided the inspiration for his stories. Typically, Bates' best-known works are set in the English countryside, particularly the Midlands including his native Northamptonshire and the 'Garden of England', Kent, the setting for The Darling Buds of May. After the end of school, he worked as a reporter and a warehouse clerk. Bates was born on in Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. His best-known works include Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May, and My Uncle Silas. Herbert Ernest Bates CBE ( – 29 January 1974), better known as H. Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May, My Uncle Silas, Fair Stood the Wind for France
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