num_pages: 220
description: Readers who have discovered the delights of the British master storyteller H.E. Bates will welcome this third collection. Gathered here are twenty stories written between 1938 and 1964 which are gems of human observation.Elephant's nest in a rhubarb tree --The captain --Italian haircut --The little jeweler --Chateau Bougainvillaea --The disinherited --The greatest people on Earth --The Major of the Hussars --Thelma --Go, lovely rose --The kimono --Love in a Wych elm --Let's play soldiers --Great Uncle Crow --The watercress girl --Coconut radio --The world upside-down --Some other spring --And no birds sing --The trespasser
language: English
title: Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree & Other Stories
titlecomplete: Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree & Other Stories
ratings_count: 14
publisher: New Directions