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Cold Comfort Farm (1995): Film vs Book
Film · 1995 · Directed by John Schlesinger · Starring Kate Beckinsale, Eileen Atkins
About the film
A sensible young woman moves to a gloomy farm and sets out to put its odd relatives in order.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film keeps the book's satire of rural melodrama and its comic family, and it presents them with affection.
Read or watch first?
The novel is a comic gem, and it parodies the earthy country novels that came before.
What the book gives you
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Sparkling country comedy that will cheer you up.
Who will like it: Readers who want a laugh-out-loud comedy about a sensible heroine on a gloomy farm.