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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK

Folio Society books for women – in pictures

Folio | Classics: Darling Buds of May
The Darling Buds of May by HE Bates was voted Guardian and Observer readers' favourite book for women

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Folio Society | Women: The Darling Buds of May
Ma Larkin's lavish feasts set tongues wagging as Britain emerges from rationing in 1958 - the year in which The Darling Buds of May was first published

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Illustration: Alice Tait/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: The Darling Buds of May
Young love blooms in the idyllic rural Kent portrayed in The Darling Buds of May

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Illustration: Alice Tait/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: The Darling Buds of May
Pop Larkin embodies the thirst for life shared by his brood in Bates's classic

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Illustration: Alice Tait/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: The Darling Buds of May
Alice Tait's artwork carries with it the same rollicking spirit captured in HE Bates' The Darling Buds of May

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Illustration: Alice Tait/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: First Love
Dreamlike colour illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso capture the haunting, melancholic beauty of Ivan Turgenev's First Love

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Illustration: Anna and Elena Balbusso/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: Irish Myths and Legends
The visceral artwork of Jillian Tamaki brings to life the folklore figures of Lady Augusta Gregory's Irish Myths and Legends

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Illustration: Jillian Tamaki/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: Miss Marple Stories
Christopher Brown's quirky line drawings provide an excellent foil for Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Stories

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Illustration: Christopher Brown/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: Mrs Dalloway
Lizzy Stewart employs thoughtful period touches in her renderings of Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, Mrs Dalloway

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Illustration: Lizzy Stewart/The Folio Society
Folio Society | Women: The Sea, The Sea
Tatsuro Kiuchi imprints his own unique vision in the artwork for Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea

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Illustration: Tatsuro Kiuchi/The Folio Society
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