Often cited as one of Bates's best stories, this lengthy tale, in eight numbered "sections," relates the predictable tragedy of a young girl in service, sexually exploited by her employer and sent home pregnant.

Practice Paper ZThe Mill 1935 Source A is from the beginning of a short story by H E Bates, set in the 1930s. Hartop and his wife own a van from which they sell produce to people in their local area, and their daughter, Alice, works with them.

A Ford motor-van, old and repainted green with Jos. Hartop, greengrocer, rabbits, scratched in streaky white lettering on a flattened-out biscuit tin nailed to the side, was slowly travelling across a high treeless stretch of country in squally November half-darkness.

Nov 20, 2017 · There are three men in this story: Jos Hartop (Alice’s father), Fred Holland (the miller), and Albert, Holland’s son, a soldier who returns on leave, and tells Alice, the central character, that she is pregnant.

Short Story by O. Henry. A self-made millionaire is initially of the belief that money can buy anything. When his son falls in love with a woman from an aristocratic family, he learns there are two things his money can’t buy: love and family recognition among New York High Society.

Herbert Ernest Bates CBE (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974) was a British writer, known for his gritty realistic short stories (he wrote more than 25 collections) and novels set in the early to mid 20th century of England mainly.

The Mill by H E Bates An extract from the beginning of a short story, published in 1935. Please turn the page over to see the source

Included are titles that would be on any list of Bates's best work, such as " The Mill," " The Station," " The Mower," and a representative Uncle Silas tale, as well as some surprising inclusions such as the less successful "Waiting Room" and " I Am Not Myself."

The structure of H.E. Bates's short story 'The Mill' engages readers from the beginning by vividly setting the scene and introducing characters, shifts focus to the plot development through a suspenseful incident, and uses atmospheric descriptions to heighten tension and thematic depth.

Jun 5, 2019 · H.E Bates The Mill. Charliemoffattxx. 4. is this a valid point? I wrote how the unbearable beating of the weather against her and her face foreshadow the fact that she is not only in a battle with the weather but with her controlling father however both are too strong for her to over come. 1 Report. Reply 1. 5 years ago. Kph25. 12.