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Author Gibbons, Stella, 1902-1989.

Title Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm / Stella Gibbons ; with an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Books, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  GIBBONS, STELLA    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  F GIBBONS    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 298 pages ; 20 cm
Note First published in Great Britain by Longmans, Green and Co., 1940.
Contents The little Christmas tree - Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm -- To love and to cherish -- The murder mark -- The hoofer and the lady -- Sisters -- The walled garden -- A charming man -- Golden vanity -- Poor, poor black sheep -- More than kind -- The friend of man -- Tame wild party -- A young man in rags -- Cake -- Mr Amberly's brother.
Summary "Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a charming collection whose hilarious title story features Christmas dinner with the Starkadders before Flora's arrival...These lively tales will delight anyone who loves Stella Gibbons and her signature wit."--Back cover.
Subject Rural families -- Fiction.
Farm life -- Fiction.
England -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Christmas stories.
Domestic fiction.
Added Author McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- aui.
ISBN 9780143120117 paperback
0143120115 paperback
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