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Cold Comfort Farm
Classic comedy
Cold Comfort Farm
Recently orphaned Flora Poste decides to impose herself on distant relatives at Cold Comfort Farm, a decaying Sussex property governed by misery and the unseen authority of Aunt Ada Doom. The Starkadders include thwarted lovers, would-be artists and preachers, brooding farmers, and family members convinced they can never escape the farm. Armed with common sense, good taste, and a taste for organizing other people's lives, Flora methodically rearranges their futures. Sharp and exuberant, this parody suits readers who enjoy Gothic rural melodrama, brisk heroines, literary satire, and happy endings achieved through unapologetic interference.
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Sexual relationships and pregnancy outside marriage; attempted coercion/manipulation; death and inheritance themes; animal slaughter/farm references; mental-health eccentricity; class prejudice.
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Codebreaker Collins
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