Both the movie (1995) and book exhibit the beautiful scenery, authentic characters and an urge to jump into any opportunity life throws at you, to observe and appreciate life and all its eccentricities. Winner of the 1933 Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, COLD COMFORT FARM is a wickedly funny portrait of British rural life in the 1930s. A big family living on this farm suffers from the. On top of the hilarity of the extremism and ignorance of both worlds, something inspiring lies within. Having lost her parents, she decides to go to a farm in Sussex and live with her relatives. The novel itself highlights a rural English farming family clashing with the aristocratic world of rich and fame. Flora arrives to find the place colorfully appalling, and she makes it. More concerned about the eccentricities of the relatives she chooses to live with than the passing of her family, her portrayal of life with extended family is brilliantly written and genuinely funny. 'Cold Comfort Farm,' made for British television with an infinitely lighter touch than Schlesinger brought to his recent 'Eye for an Eye,' describes the travails of Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), the sophisticated young miss who finds herself in dire financial straits. Written back in the 1930’s, Stella Gibbons brilliant and witty novel is about a high society, young woman determining how she can support herself as an aspiring writer after both her parents pass away. Smiley (Joanna Lumley) and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives.

An original love, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, gives insight to the personality and essence of Pyne & Smith. Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advice of Mrs.

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