In a 1932 Stella Gibbons novel, a curse binds the Starkadder family to this "chilly" title farm
I love Stella Gibbons and not just for the Starkadder-related ... December 
mornings on the bus or indeed chilly evenings snuggled ... where the single 
woman suddenly gains a family on Christmas Day, ... As a piece of social history 
alone, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a book to treasure, but despite its... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The history of the English novel" - Internet Archive [PAR] He seldom spoke, but to contradict, deride, or curse; and all the time, though his 
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