Da Flora Poste nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern keine Lust hat zu arbeiten, beschließt sie, eine Weile auf dem Hof ihrer Verwandten in Sussex unterzukommen. Es stellt sich schnell heraus, daß es sich bei dieser Verwandtschaft um eine unübersichtliche Schar liebenswert Halbverrückter handelt: Floras Tante Judith verbringt den Tag damit, ihren Sohn Seth zu betutteln. Der wiederum, ein bäuerischer Don Juan, ist ein manischer Kinoliebhaber. Judiths Mann Amos macht als Freizeitprediger allen die Hölle heiß. Reuben wird von der panischen Angst beherrscht, jemand könnte ihm den Hof streitig machen. Elfine, die einzige Tochter, führt ein romantisch-verwildertes Elfenleben. Und über allem thront die uralte Ada Doom, die geistig verwirrt, nur noch selten ihr Zimmer verläßt, dann aber, um wie ein Racheengel in das Familienleben herniederzufahren.
Flora hat also eine Menge zu tun, will sie Ordnung in das organisierte Chaos bringen.

Informationen zum Autor Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard . Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) was an immediate success and won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933. Among her works are Nightingale Wood (1938), The Bachelor (1944), Westwood (1946), and Starlight (1967). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. Stella Gibbons died in 1989. Klappentext Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. Her first publication was a book of poems, The Mountain Beast (1930), and her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932), won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize. Amongst her other novels are Miss Linsey and Pa (1936), Nightingale Wood (1938), Westwood (1946), Conference at Cold Comfort Farm (1949) and Beside the Pearly Water (1954). Stella Gibbons died in 1989. Zusammenfassung Sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn a living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to descend on relatives - the doomed Starkadders at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm.

Autorentext
Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) was an immediate success and won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933. Among her works are Nightingale Wood (1938), The Bachelor (1944), Westwood (1946), and Starlight (1967). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. Stella Gibbons died in 1989.

Klappentext

Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. Her first publication was a book of poems, The Mountain Beast (1930), and her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932), won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize. Amongst her other novels are Miss Linsey and Pa (1936), Nightingale Wood (1938), Westwood (1946), Conference at Cold Comfort Farm (1949) and Beside the Pearly Water (1954). Stella Gibbons died in 1989.

Zusammenfassung
Sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn a living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to descend on relatives - the doomed Starkadders at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm.