Gibbons, Stella

Cold Comfort Farm

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ISBN 13:: 9780241951514
author:: Gibbons, Stella
format:: Mass Market Paperback
publisher:: Penguin
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2011
Pages:: 240
Dimensions:: 17.4 x 11 x 2 cm
Genre:: Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Condition:: New
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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons is a wickedly brilliant parody of rural melodramas. When Flora Poste, a sensible and sophisticated young woman, descends upon her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm, she brings order to their chaotic lives.

With her sharp wit and clever observations, Flora takes on the family's eccentric members, including Judith in a scarlet shawl, raving old Ada Doom, lustful Seth, despairing Reuben, and Amos, the fire-and-damnation preacher. As she navigates their complex relationships, Flora brings a sense of calm to the farm.

This humorous novel is a sharp commentary on rural life and family dynamics, with a tone reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh's comedic styles.

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