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Nancy
Apr 07, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: still-owned, classics, humour
When you first meet Flora Poste, you wonder whether she is going to be a bit of a busybody. After her parents die, she decides the best way to live is to move in with relatives - any relatives, she isn't bothered. When her distant relatives from Cold Comfort Farm in Sussex offer to take her in, she takes herself down there not just to live, but to tidy them all up. And actually, as the book goes on, you realise that Flora is truly delightful. Yes, she wants to fix everyone, but everything is don ...more
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BJ Rose
Feb 25, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: keepers, classics
Oh! My! This was fun and difficult at the same time. If I hadn't already seen the movie, I think I would have given up, long before Flora did. Actually, she accomplished some positive things at Cold Comfort Farm against impossible odds, especially dealing with Aunt Ada, who 'saw something nasty in the woodshed' (I did SO want to know what she saw!), and most of the cast had their happily-ever-after, especially Flora & Charles. ...more
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Nicole
Jul 31, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001-list, 2011
This is such a unique book, as it's a satire, but in many ways it seems to be a satire on classic novels - meaning that it was written in present time to poke at classic novels. I must have flipped back to the copyright page 5 times to verify that it was in fact published in 1932.

It's been described as the funniest book of all time, and while I'm not sure I'd go that far, it was definitely a fun read. ...more
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Lindsay
Sep 06, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, classics, 1001, z2012
What I loved about this was that even though the ridiculous tendencies of the characters were parodies, it was done with such sympathy that you couldn't help liking all of them. ...more
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Melody
Sep 23, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-club-books, fiction
This was a delight. Nothing like I expected.
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Misty
May 03, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: quirky, own, classics, wednesday-ya-book-club
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Anne
Sep 09, 2010 marked it as to-read
Lisa
Sep 11, 2010 marked it as to-read
Dingus
Sep 22, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Arlene
Oct 08, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Betty
Dec 19, 2010 marked it as to-read
Amy W
Oct 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: maybe-someday-4, tbr-genre
Amy 💖
Oct 21, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Jade17
Jan 03, 2014 marked it as to-read
Rebekah
Jan 05, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 1001-import
Lindsay
Feb 20, 2015 marked it as to-read
Jen
Apr 11, 2016 marked it as na
Catsalive
Jan 14, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: pre-bc
Adrienne Teague
Dec 07, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: hilarious, classic, 2018
Becky
Aug 14, 2017 rated it it was ok
Bea
Nov 14, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Carrie
Dec 27, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sabrina
Aug 25, 2018 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 1001-challenge, classics
Mita
Feb 17, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2019
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