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.
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Farm life -- Fiction.
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England -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Christmas stories.
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Domestic fiction.
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Added Author |
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
aui.
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ISBN |
9780143120117 paperback |
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0143120115 paperback |
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