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Jul 29, 2013 · 4.1 1,486 ratings. Part of: Cold Comfort Farm (2 books) See all formats and editions. A witty portrait of rural England in the early twentieth century. When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex.
- Stella Gibbons
The deliriously entertaining Cold Comfort Farm is “very probably the funniest book ever written” (The Sunday Times, London), a hilarious parody of D. H. Lawrence’s and Thomas Hardy’s earthy, melodramatic novels. When the recently orphaned socialite Flora Poste descends on her relatives at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm in deepest ...
Oct 29, 2019 · Cold Comfort Farm. Paperback – October 29, 2019. When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm. Discover the latest buzz-worthy books, from mysteries and romance to humor and nonfiction.
- Stella Gibbons
Cold Comfort Farm, comic novel by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932, a successful parody of regional and rural fiction by such early 20th-century English writers as Mary Webb and D.H. Lawrence. A popular and clever work, Cold Comfort Farm was awarded the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize in 1933.
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''Brilliant ... very probably the funniest book ever written' Sunday TimesWhen sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she...
A hilarious and ruthless parody of rural melodramas and purple prose, Cold Comfort Farm is one of the best-loved comic novels of all time. 'Screamingly funny and wildly subversive' Marian...
The deliriously entertaining Cold Comfort Farm is "very probably the funniest book ever written" ( The Sunday Times, London), a hilarious parody of D. H. Lawrence's and Thomas Hardy's...
