Love for Lydia is a semiautobiographical novel written by British author, H. E. Bates, that was first published in 1953. A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Herbert Ernest Bates who wrote as H. E. Bates (May 16, 1905 - January 29, 1974) was an English writer and author. ...

TV adaptations

• Love for Lydia was made into a thirteen-part mini-series in first shown in 1977. It featured several actors in performances which were early in their television careers, including Mel Martin, Christopher Blake, Peter Davison, Jeremy Irons, Ralph Arliss and Sherrie Hewson. It also featured Rachel Kempson, Beatrix Lehmann and Michael Aldridge as Lydia's eccentric relations.

A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Peter Davison (born April 13, 1951) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriots All Creatures Great and Small and as the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, which he played from 1981 to 1984. ... Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948) is an Oscar, and double-Emmy award winning English actor. ... Ralph Arliss is a British actor. ... Sherrie Hewson (born 17 September 1950 in Nottinghamshire, England) is a british actress who trained at RADA. She has appeared in many British television programmes and films including, Carry on Behind, Hanover Street, Oh, Doctor Beeching! and Barbara. ... Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave (28 May 1910 – 24 May 2003) was an English actress, best known as the wife of Sir Michael Redgrave and mother of his actor children, Vanessa, Lynn and Corin. ... Beatrix Lehmann (born 1 July 1903-died 31 July 1979) is a British actress. ... Michael Aldridge (September 9, 1920 - January 10, 1994) was a British actor born at Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. ...

In other media

• Singer and songwriter Donna Lewis credits Love for Lydia as the inspiration for her song "I Love You Always Forever," which made it to #2 in the United States.

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External links

• Love for Lydia at the Internet Movie Database