A Breath of French Air
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| Author | H. E. Bates |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1959 |
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| Preceded by | The Darling Buds of May |
| Followed by | When the Green Woods Laugh |
A Breath of French Air is a 1959 comedy novel by the British writer H. E. Bates. It is the sequel to his popular 1958 novel The Darling Buds of May about a family living in the Kent countryside.[1] [2] The Larkins decide to take their first ever foreign holiday and travel to France, taking their Rolls-Royce with them. However they at first find France disconcertingly unlikable, including the bad weather.[3]
In 1991 it was adapted into two episodes of the ITV television series The Darling Buds of May featuring David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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Bibliography[edit]
- Baldwin, Dean R. H.E. Bates: A Literary Life. Susquehanna University Press, 1987.
- Head, Dominic. Modernity and the English Rural Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Hillier, Bevis. The Decorative Arts of the Forties and Fifties Austerity Binge. C. N. Potter, 1975.
- Jacob, Merle & Apple, Hope. To be Continued: An Annotated Guide to Sequels. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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