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Cold Comfort Farm

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Cold Comfort Farm

By: Stella Gibbons
Narrated by: Pearl Mackie
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Pearl Mackie, best known for her role in Dr Who.

When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at 19, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders: cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and damnation; their sons, lustful Seth and despairing Reuben; child of nature Elfine; and crazed old Aunt Ada Doom, who has kept to her bedroom for the last 20 years. But Flora loves nothing better than to organise other people. Armed with common sense and a strong will, she resolves to take each of the family in hand.

A hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas, Cold Comfort Farm (1932) is one of the best-loved comic novels of all time.

©2020 Stella Gibbons (P)2020 Penguin Audio Classics Literature & Fiction Funny Witty Comfort Farm
Humorous Satirical Story • Witty Entertaining Narrative • Satisfying Story Conclusion • Enjoyable Parody Literature
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I saw the movie and enjoyed it immensely. However, the book was ever so much more entertaining and... we will never know what that nasty thing was in the shed or what happened to the goat.
Definitely worth the read. Cold Comfort Farm was just delightful through and through.

This was so much fun!

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one of my favorite movies. I've seen it more times than I know! lol. after listening to the book, I realized there were few changes, but extra descriptions that were marvelous. I will listen again and again!

wonderful!

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The characters were intriguing and fun. The story was predictable. Happy ending for all involved

charming

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Funniest literary spoof ever written - Matched with an excellent narrator. I’ve come back to this audiobook over and over. Read a little D H Lawrence first to get in the mood :-)

So good

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This was such a delightful listen! It clarified all that was confusing in the movie and offered a much more complete story. The language is beautiful and witty and the characters unusual and fun. What a terrific respite from the world news!

Loved the movie, loved the book!

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Well written, amusing & intriguing.
Unusual & fascinating characters. All is easily visualized. A great escape for all.

Great Escape

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This was great. I read another Stella Gibbons novel, Pure Juliet -- which is so unusual it prompts a lot of thought, and then thought I would try this. I've always been a Bronte and Austen fan, but have not been above creating comedy skits about them in my head -- especially the Brontes who were the original goths, and here it is done perfectly. There's definitely a third author type in there, like Wodehouse, maybe. However, the best bit is the narration. I looked at some other media versions of Cold Comfort and I think this is the best (it is actual book after all). Pearl Mackie is a fantastic narrator.

Great send up of the country novel, super narration

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I was not sure what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. Not to deep but not boring and dull.

A pleasant surprise

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I love the time period and descriptions.
This story from 1932 could easily have been written today.

Cold Comfort - delightful story

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I’ve always enjoyed the movie version of this Stella Gibbons classic but Pearl Mackie’s audio interpretation (with her varied Starkadders personas) is fabulous.

The movie’s great but the audio recording’s grand.

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