Cold Comfort Farm (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Stella Gibbons Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Cold Comfort Farm (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
Book Review: delighful vacation reading! a book of great good cheer
Summary: 5 Stars
The heroine of this book, Flora Poste, notes that she has enjoyed many Victorian novels because, "they were the only kind of novel you could read while you were eating an apple." That's how I felt about this one. Plenty of irony and humor to overshadow the sentimentality.Book Review: funny and insightful
Summary: 5 Stars
An amazing achievement. Effectively and humorously satirizesthe pious, self-important breast-beating of the gothic mentality. Atruly liberating revelation for anyone that grew up in a rural, anglo-saxon, backwoods community.Book Review: warm praise for cold comfort
Summary: 5 Stars
I must have read this book 5 times now and each time find new things to laugh and be amazed about....I love its mocking tone, the predictions of the future(phones you can see people with, private planes called "Speed cop 11", the changes in prestige of different London suburbs etc....) This woman was a genius! The characters are hilarious but somehow real - how about the jazz band! and the depiction of human weakness (eg Amos being tempted by a Ford Van to extend God's Kingdom!). The names of the characters are better than those in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. My favourite line has to be the telegram Flora sends to Mrs Smiling (whose maid is called Riante!) - "Worst fears realized darling seth and reuben too send gumboots". A Masterpiece.Book Review: what a fun book
Summary: 4 Stars
I can not for the life of me understand why this book is not better known. It is such a fun book- the characters are eccentric and funny. The language is elegant and concise. You can not read this book without laughing.