33 pages 1 hour read

Stella Gibbons

Cold Comfort Farm

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

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Before You Read

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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons is a comic parody of rural romances, following 20-year-old Flora Poste who, after being orphaned, moves to Cold Comfort Farm to live with distant relatives. Flora, decisive and orderly, arrives to find a dysfunctional family and sets out to organize their lives pragmatically, ultimately helping them achieve their desires and restoring order to the farm.

Reviews & Readership

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Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm is widely praised for its sharp satire and humor, as well as its clever critique of rural melodrama. Readers appreciate the memorable characters and witty narrative. However, some find the humor too dry or the plot slow-paced. Overall, it is celebrated as a classic in comedic literature.

Who should read this

Who Should Read Cold Comfort Farm?

Readers who appreciate witty satire and pastoral parodies will enjoy Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm. Similar to fans of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop and P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, this novel appeals to those who delight in humorous takes on rural life and social conventions. It combines sharp humor with charmingly eccentric characters.

RecommendedReading Age

16-18years

Book Details

Genre

Humor

Classic Fiction

Satire

Themes

Natural World: Appearance & Reality

Life/Time: The Past

Emotions/Behavior: Love

Topics

History: World