Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, published by Penguin Books in 1994, is a film and TV tie-in edition featuring 232 pages in English. This novel follows the story of Flora Poste, an orphaned young woman with a privileged education, as she arrives at Cold Comfort Farm to reconnect with her eccentric relatives. The narrative unfolds with Flora’s determination to impose order on the chaotic lives of her family members, each with their own quirks and challenges.
Readers will encounter a humorous exploration of family life, filled with memorable characters such as the grief-stricken Judith, the fervent Amos, the passionate Seth, and the whimsical Elfine, alongside the formidable Great Aunt Ada Doom. This edition brings to light Gibbons’ sharp wit and her ability to parody the melodramatic novels of her time, making it a notable work within the realms of literary and humorous fiction.
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“When the sukebind was in bud, the orphaned Flora Poste, expensively, athletically and lengthily educated, descended on her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm. There were plenty of them – Judith, alone in her grief; Amos, called by God; Seth, smouldering with sex; Elfine, who needed a little polish; and, of course, Great Aunt Ada Doom, who saw something nasty in the woodshed. And Flora felt it incumbent upon her to bring order into chaos. First published in 1932, when it attracted considerable attention, Cold Comfort Farm is a classic of its kind, a dazzling parody of the earthy, melodramatic novels of the period.” —
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