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A wickedly funny and charming sequel to the much loved Cold Comfort Farm
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Robert Poste's child is back at Cold Comfort Farm. But all is not well. Flora finds the farm transformed into a twee haven filled with Toby jugs and peasant pottery, and rooms labeled'Quiete Retreate' and 'Greate laundrie'. It is, Flora winces, 'exactly like being locked in the Victoria and Albert Museum after closing time'.
Worse , the farm is hosting a conference of the pretentious International Thinkers Group - a group made up of the 'sadistic owl' Mr Peccavi, loathsome Mr Mybug and the overpowering Mrs Ernestine Thump.
And worst of all, there are no Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm. All the he-cousins have gone abroad to make their fortunes and the female cousins are having a pretty thin time of it. Once again the sensible Flora decides to take the situation in hand.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was lucky enough to find this hidden in my local library reserve stock, if the date stamps are correct I am the first reader in 20 years! Quite surprised as there are several editions of Cold Comform Farm in circulation, maybe people don't check the catalogue and think it is a stand alone novel. Sadly Christmas at CCF was not available; Nightingale Farm is though this has been republished lately.
Conference at Cold Comfort Farm continues the near-future setting with hints of some recent revolution but again this is very vague. Flora seems to be leading a happy life and returns due to a warning that there may no longer be Starkadders at Cold Comfornt Farm. I get the feeling that I pobably missed a lot of arty references but it is worth it for a catch-up with familiar characters.
Worth finding if you are a fan!
Conference at Cold Comfort Farm continues the near-future setting with hints of some recent revolution but again this is very vague. Flora seems to be leading a happy life and returns due to a warning that there may no longer be Starkadders at Cold Comfornt Farm. I get the feeling that I pobably missed a lot of arty references but it is worth it for a catch-up with familiar characters.
Worth finding if you are a fan!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I quite enjoyed reading this - it was quite amusing and made me smile at times, but it is nowhere near as good as the first Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics). I found the story around the conference quite tedious - the best bits were anything that the Starkadders appeared in.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book confirms the view that you should not try to 'gild the lily'. Compared to Cold Comfort Farm, it seems contrived and the humour forced. It's in a different league to the original.
I suspect it would have read much better at the time it was first published. Its readers would have been more likely to 'get' the oblique references to some of the left-wing artists and pseudo-intellectuals around at that time. It's a measure of the wonderful 'Cold Comfort Farm' that it has never dated in this way.
I don't understand why Gibbons felt the need to write it. (Probably pressure from her publisher to try to replicate the success of her sensational first novel)It seems to strike a discordant note in comparison to her other work, and certainly doesn't measure up to the excellent 'Westwood' and 'Nightingale Wood'which are terrific.
I suspect it would have read much better at the time it was first published. Its readers would have been more likely to 'get' the oblique references to some of the left-wing artists and pseudo-intellectuals around at that time. It's a measure of the wonderful 'Cold Comfort Farm' that it has never dated in this way.
I don't understand why Gibbons felt the need to write it. (Probably pressure from her publisher to try to replicate the success of her sensational first novel)It seems to strike a discordant note in comparison to her other work, and certainly doesn't measure up to the excellent 'Westwood' and 'Nightingale Wood'which are terrific.
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Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
A delightful gentle book fullof irony and amusement. Read once to get the picture then again to enjoy the words.Better than chocolates.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. R. A. Ali
Despite everything, loveable
Readers expecting a rehash of the original, beware. Reading Conference is like meeting a lover after many years apart - bittersweet memories mixed with dismay at what they have... Read more
Published 3 months ago by DJJ
Conference at Cold Comfort Farm - worth the long wait!
Read 'Cold Comfort Farm' years ago, also enjoyed TV production and knew of 'Conference at Cold Comfort Farm' but could not find at the time. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tedsgirl
Return to the Farm
Again, this is a book I read many years ago, and I was delighted to be able to buy my own copy. Flora Fairford (nee Poste) returns to Cold Comfort Farm, leaving the children to the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by FatBat
Disappointingly lacking charm but at least Flora is there
I also loved 'Cold Comfort Farm' and was surprised and excited to find this sequel. Like the other reviewers I was disappointed overall. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Poppy Field
Not So Stellar, Gibbons.
Having thoroughly loved the beautifully crafted Cold Comfort Farm I, like the previous reviewer, dug a very old copy of this sequel out my local library. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Adam Clarke
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