![]() The characters are larger than life and although I didn’t take to them at first, I grew fond of them as the story progressed. ![]() It’s a fairytale where everyone has a happy ending. She sets about fixing their problems and confidently steering them into better life choices. They’re very different from her, being rough, emotional and set in their ways. The story follows 19-year-old Flora Poste, a sensible modern Londoner who, having lost her parents and not wanting to get a proper job, goes to live with her country cousins, the Starkadders, who dwell in misery on Cold Comfort Farm. It only seemed right to revisit her most famous book. Since then, I’ve read several of Stella Gibbons‘ novels which have recently come back into print. ![]() In fact, I was left cold and without comfort. When I read it back in 2010, I didn’t find it that funny. This 1932 novel often appears on ‘funniest book’ lists. ![]()
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