Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons
Family comedy · Parody
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Contemporary & literary books with parody
A familiar literary voice can tell readers what sort of story to expect before anything happens. Parody takes advantage of that recognition, borrowing styles and conventions to find comedy in the ways people explain their lives on the page.
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