In a 1932 Stella Gibbons novel, a curse binds the Starkadder family to this "chilly" title farm
..... A strong family likeness wavered in and out of the fierce,... [DOC] [TLE] Literary Allusions - Scribd [PAR] ale; adam's apple; adam's curse; adam's profession; adam's rib; eve; garden of 
eden; .... swamp he looked like something out of the Addams Family.