Stella Gibbons
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A wickedly funny portrait of British rural life in the 1930s. Flora Poste, a recently orphaned socialite, moves in with her country relatives, the gloomy Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm, and becomes enmeshed in a web of violent emotions, despair, and scheming, until Flora manages to set things right."--Goodreads
Author
Publisher
BBC Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Patricia Gallimore and Miriam Margolyes star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic comic novel. Strong of will and slender of ankle, 20-year-old orphan Flora Poste is blessed with every virtue save that of being able to earn her own living. Casting around for suitable relatives with whom she can make her home, Flora alights on the mysterious Starkadders and, ignoring the horrified shrieks of her friends, heads down to darkest
...Author
Series
Cold Comfort Farm series volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a charming collection whose hilarious title story features Christmas dinner with the Starkadders before Flora's arrival...These lively tales will delight anyone who loves Stella Gibbons and her signature wit."--Back cover.