Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
By: by Stella Gibbons ; introduction by Alexander McCall-Smith
Series: Vintage classics
Publisher: Vintage Classic
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780099528678; 9780099565697; 9781448113903
Subjects: Farm life; Fiction
Description: A glorious collection of stories from the author of Cold Comfort Farm. The title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste. It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas: Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: 'Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting!'
Table of contents: title: The little Christmas tree; title: Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm; title: To love and to cherish; title: The murder mark; title: The hoofer and the lady; title: Sisters; title: The walled garden; title: A charming man; title: Golden vanity; title: Poor, poor black sheep; title: More than kind; title: The friend of man; title: Tame wild party; title: A young man in rags; title: Cake; title: Mr Amberly's brother.