| Cold Comfort Farm: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Contributor(s): Gibbons, Stella (Author), Truss, Lynne (Introduction by), Chast, Roz (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0143039598 ISBN-13: 9780143039594 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: A hilarious parody of D.H. Lawrence's and Thomas Hardy's earthy, melodramatic novels, the deliriously entertaining "Cold Comfort Farm" is "very probably the funniest book ever written" ("The Sunday Times"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006043497 |
| Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.58" W x 8.38" (0.63 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Quite simply one of the funniest satirical novels of the last century. --Nancy Pearl, NPR's Morning Edition The deliriously entertaining Cold Comfort Farm is very probably the funniest book ever written (The Sunday Times, London), a hilarious parody of D. H. Lawrence's and Thomas Hardy's earthy, melodramatic novels. When the recently orphaned socialite Flora Poste descends on her relatives at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm in deepest Sussex, she finds a singularly miserable group in dire need of her particular talent: organization. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |