Cold Comfort Farm Audiobook By Stella Gibbons, Lynne Truss - introduction cover art

Cold Comfort Farm

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Cold Comfort Farm

By: Stella Gibbons, Lynne Truss - introduction
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 nineteen, 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 twenty years. But Flora loves nothing better than to organize 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.

 Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Small Town & Rural Funny Witty Classics Comfort Farm
Witty Satire • Entertaining Parody • Excellent Narration • Humorous Story • Satisfying Ending • Nuanced Performances

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

charming

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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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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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