Title:
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COLD COMFORT FARM
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Volume: |
2500 Headwords |
By: |
Stella Gibbons, Clare West (Editor) |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£5.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0194230805 |
ISBN 13: |
9780194230803 |
Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 June, 2000 |
Series: |
Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 6 |
Pages: |
144 |
Description: |
The Starkadders lead messy, untidy lives, full of dark thoughts, moody silences, and sudden noisy quarrels. That is, until their young cousin arrives from London. Neat, sensible, efficient, Flora Poste cannot bear messes. She begins to tidy up the Starkadders' lives at once. |
Synopsis: |
The farm lies in the shadow of a hill, and the farmyard rarely sees the sun, even in summer, when the flowering sukebind hangs heavy in the branches. Here live the Starkadders - Aunt Ada Doom, Judith, Amos, Seth, Reuben, Elfine ...They lead messy, untidy lives, full of dark thoughts, moody silences, and sudden noisy quarrels. That is, until their attractive young cousin arrives from London. Neat, sensible, efficient, Flora Poste cannot bear messes (they are so uncivilized). She begins to tidy up the Starkadders' lives at once ... |
Illustrations: |
line illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
Prizes: |
Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |