When the sukebind was in bud the orphaned Flora Poste, expensively, athletically and lengthily educated, descended on her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm. There were plenty of them- Judith, alone in her grief; Amos, called by God, Seth, smouldering with sex; Elfine, who needed a little polish;, Urk; Rennet; Harkaway; Caraway etc; and, of course, Great Aunt Ada Doom who saw something nasty in the wood shed. And Flora felt it incumbent upon her to bring order into chaos.
This is genuinely funny, so often you see " comic novel " and are disappointed but this lives up to its description.
The entire book is a satire on the "orphan having to live with the relatives" trope except the Jane Austen device is turned on its head here and hilarity ensues.
Great fun to read with fantastic characters.
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