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Bookdrum.com has a good review of this book with a glossary, a bookmarks section which talks about many of the references in the book which readers might not know about now since the book was written 80 years ago. It also has a reference section that describes the area of Sussex, England that most of the book takes place in. It also describes the fashions of the era and has a section about the time frame of the book which is set in the "near future".
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Cold Comfort Farm is purported to be a parody of the rather somber rural works of Thomas Hardy and his contemporaries. I can't comment on that, not having read widely in the genre. However, I do know that this book was utterly delightful, charming, and full of dry British wit.
I watched the movie within a year or two of its US theatrical release, and I remember thinking it quirky and fun (and oh, how I loved the individuality of quirky things in high school. How very urbane of me, my dahling). F ...more
I watched the movie within a year or two of its US theatrical release, and I remember thinking it quirky and fun (and oh, how I loved the individuality of quirky things in high school. How very urbane of me, my dahling). F ...more
Aug 02, 2013
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Charming and chuckle inducing!
Mar 27, 2014
Sara
marked it as to-read
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