Cold Comfort Farm
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- Synopsis
- Flora Poste, orphaned at 19, chooses to live with relatives at "Cold Comfort Farm" in Sussex, where cows are named Feckless, Aimless, Pointless, and Graceless, and the proprietors, the dour Starkadder family, are tyrannized by Flora's mysterious aunt, who controls the household from a locked room. Flora's confident and clever management of an alarming cast of eccentrics is only half the pleasure of this novel. The other half is Gibbons's wicked send-up of romantic cliches, from the mad woman in the attic to the druidical peasants with their West Country accents and mystical herbs. Anne Massey's skillful rendering of a variety of accents will make this story more accessible to American audiences.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 126 Pages
- Publisher:
- Editorial Benei Noaj
- Date of Addition:
- 08/27/09
- Copyrighted By:
- BN Publishing
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.