{"product_id":"cold-comfort-farm-by-stella-gibbons-9780241418895","title":"Cold Comfort Farm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/em\u003e, Stella Gibbons' hilarious comic novel of rural life, is new to Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, 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 twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas, \u003cem\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/em\u003e (1932) is one of the best-loved comic novels of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46215921107180,"sku":"9780241418895","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241418895.jpg?v=1740526721","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/cold-comfort-farm-by-stella-gibbons-9780241418895","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}