Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

For our first book of 2026 -

"The deliriously entertaining Cold Comfort Farm is "very probably the funniest book ever written" ( The Sunday Times, London), a hilarious parody of D. H. Lawrence's and Thomas Hardy's earthy, melodramatic novels. When the recently orphaned socialite Flora Poste descends on her relatives at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm in deepest Sussex, she finds a singularly miserable group in dire need of her particular talent: organization."

"Stella Gibbons was born on January 5, 1902 in London... Raised in a poor and unhappy home, she used her vivid imagination as a means of escape, often telling stories to entertain her younger brothers and other children in the neighborhood. She held numerous jobs including drama critic, reporter, and fashion writer and was a frequent contributor to magazines such as Punch and Tattler, writing short stories and poetry.

"Gibbons is best known for her novel Cold Comfort Farm. A satirical portrait of rural British life in the 1930's, it won the Femina Vie Heureuse prize in 1933...To the delight of readers, this novel has been adapted several times as successful British films.

"Stella Gibbons died on December 19, 1989 in London."

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