Stella Gibbons
Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard . Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) was an immediate success and won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933. Among her works are Nightingale Wood (1938),...See more
Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard . Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) was an immediate success and won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933. Among her works are Nightingale Wood (1938), The Bachelor (1944), Westwood (1946), and Starlight (1967). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. Stella Gibbons died in 1989. See less
Stella Gibbons's Featured Books
Stella Gibbons book reviews
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Cold Comfort Farm
A book for the ages
This is one book to re-read anytime - it's funny, poignant, ridiculous, and far too short. Although it was written decades ago as a parody of the novels like those of Thomas Hardy (& his more modern ... Read More
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The Matchmaker
Dissapointing
When you consider the delightfully ascerbic wit Stella Gibbons showed in her two books about Cold Comfort Farm, you may find this one a disappointment. The characters don't have the sharp edges we ... Read More
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Conference at Cold Comfort Farm
A worthwhile sequel
If you loved Cold Comfort Farm, then I think you will also love Conference at Cold Comfort Farm. Many of the same weird characters are still there, but there is also an entirely new crop of post-WW2 ... Read More
