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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 Comedy Funny Witty Comfort Farm
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a satisfying and well written story, i really enjoyed it.though predictable was a escape from the worries of the world

beautifully read

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I am so happy that I came across this story - and listened to it. Absolutely not what I have expected- and still very current, I would say. The performance was superb, and added to the enjoyment.

Exquisite story and performance!

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