{"product_id":"cold-comfort-farm-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"Cold Comfort Farm: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStella Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLynne Truss\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRoz Chast\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Quite simply one of the funniest satirical novels of the last century.\" --Nancy Pearl, NPR's \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe deliriously entertaining \u003ci\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is \"very probably the funniest book ever written\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStella Dorothea Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1989) was born in London. A novelist, poet and short-story writer, her first novel, \u003ci\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Femina Vie Heuruse Prize for 1933. Amongst her other novels are \u003ci\u003eMiss Linsey and Pa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNightingale Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Westwood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConference at Cold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeside the Pearly Water\u003c\/i\u003e (1954). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Truss \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and journalist. She is the author of the number one bestseller, \u003ci\u003eEats, Shoots \u0026amp; Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e, which has sold more than two million copies, won the national British Book Award, and was on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller list or forty-five weeks. She lives in Brighton, England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoz Chast\u003c\/b\u003e is a regular cartoonist for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eCan't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Award.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.38 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753722151200,"sku":"9780143039594","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f6ba708cff8ad6b63a2a191e8005a705.webp?v=1780026276","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cold-comfort-farm-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}