Cold Comfort Farm
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 4/17/2019
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 4/17/2019 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I got this fair-condition softcover at a local Savers thrift shop, and was delighted to have another release copy.
I've loved "Cold Comfort Farm" since I first read it years ago - it's a wonderfully snippy takeoff of rural-England novels full of steaming middens and dripping thatches, and what happens when a plucky young heroine decides to fix things up; a bit like what might happen if Austen's Emma visited some of Thomas Hardy's characters, as illustrated by Edward Gorey {grin}.
The story's set in not-that-different alternate universe that looks very much like the '20s or '30s, but which occasionally refers to things that did not happen - the "Anglo-Nicaraguan wars of '46", for example. This doesn't have a huge effect on the plot, but does make the reader feel even more off-balance.
If you're a fan of Thomas Hardy and other authors of gloomy/earthy/rural novels, you might find that this book prevents you from ever looking at them the same way again - hopefully in a good way, but do be warned!
There's a very funny film version of the story, relatively faithful to the book and dead-on regarding characters and setting. And the TV Tropes page has some entertaining tidbits about book and film.
I've loved "Cold Comfort Farm" since I first read it years ago - it's a wonderfully snippy takeoff of rural-England novels full of steaming middens and dripping thatches, and what happens when a plucky young heroine decides to fix things up; a bit like what might happen if Austen's Emma visited some of Thomas Hardy's characters, as illustrated by Edward Gorey {grin}.
The story's set in not-that-different alternate universe that looks very much like the '20s or '30s, but which occasionally refers to things that did not happen - the "Anglo-Nicaraguan wars of '46", for example. This doesn't have a huge effect on the plot, but does make the reader feel even more off-balance.
If you're a fan of Thomas Hardy and other authors of gloomy/earthy/rural novels, you might find that this book prevents you from ever looking at them the same way again - hopefully in a good way, but do be warned!
There's a very funny film version of the story, relatively faithful to the book and dead-on regarding characters and setting. And the TV Tropes page has some entertaining tidbits about book and film.
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Burgess Farm Rd in Dracut, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, April 18, 2019
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Burgess Farm Rd in Dracut, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, April 18, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (4/19/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library, Burgess Farm Rd in Dracut, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the charming Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2019 Movie release challenge. ***
