33 pages • 1 hour read
Stella GibbonsCold Comfort Farm
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Before You Read
Super Short Summary
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons is a comic parody of rural romances, following 20-year-old Flora Poste who, after being orphaned, moves to Cold Comfort Farm to live with distant relatives. Flora, decisive and orderly, arrives to find a dysfunctional family and sets out to organize their lives pragmatically, ultimately helping them achieve their desires and restoring order to the farm.
Reviews & Readership
Review Roundup
Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm is widely praised for its sharp satire and humor, as well as its clever critique of rural melodrama. Readers appreciate the memorable characters and witty narrative. However, some find the humor too dry or the plot slow-paced. Overall, it is celebrated as a classic in comedic literature.
Who Should Read Cold Comfort Farm?
Readers who appreciate witty satire and pastoral parodies will enjoy Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm. Similar to fans of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop and P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, this novel appeals to those who delight in humorous takes on rural life and social conventions. It combines sharp humor with charmingly eccentric characters.