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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny short story, and here's a cheap way to read it
You can find "Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm" in the wonderful collection "Virago Book of Christmas"-and it is what you might expect of the Starkadders-this is before their transformation by Miss Poste.
Published on October 25, 2006 by J. Danielson
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Collection of Varied Stories
Fans of COLD COMFORT FARM, one of the funniest and most likeable books of the twentieth century, may think they have stumbled upon another great tale of Starkadder depravity. While the title story does concern the Starkadders before the arrival of Flora Poste, and does therefore contain its requisite amount of Cold Comfort weirdness, the story is hardly a classic. It's...
Published 2 months ago by Christopher Twelvetrees
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny short story, and here's a cheap way to read it,
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This review is from: Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm (Hardcover)
You can find "Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm" in the wonderful collection "Virago Book of Christmas"-and it is what you might expect of the Starkadders-this is before their transformation by Miss Poste.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Collection of Varied Stories,
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This review is from: Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm (Paperback)
Fans of COLD COMFORT FARM, one of the funniest and most likeable books of the twentieth century, may think they have stumbled upon another great tale of Starkadder depravity. While the title story does concern the Starkadders before the arrival of Flora Poste, and does therefore contain its requisite amount of Cold Comfort weirdness, the story is hardly a classic. It's for Cold Comfort completists only. The other stories are a very mixed lot, some only slice-of-life vignettes.The three star rating is problematic. There is nothing wrong with the writing as such, or the presentation. It's unfair to star it down because it isn't another COLD COMFORT FARM; but no one should be under the impression that that's what they're getting. Stella Gibbons is simply in that awkward situation of being a diligently professional writer who wrote one great classic and a lot that is mundane -- including several of these stories. "Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm" is not even a good Christmas story, as such. It's merely there, like a faded sukebind. It provides the urge but it's ultimately disappointing. By no means should Christmas be read before COLD COMFORT, even though its events (such as they are) do precede CCF. |
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Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (Hardcover - Jan. 1999)
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