Stella Gibbons (1902–1989)
Autore di Cold Comfort Farm
Sull'Autore
Stella Gibbons was born on January 5, 1902 in London. She married Allan Bourne Webb in 1933 and had one child. Raised in a poor and unhappy home, she used her vivid imagination as a means of escape, often telling stories to entertain her younger brothers and other children in the neighborhood. She mostra altro held numerous jobs including drama critic, reporter, and fashion writer and was a frequent contributor to magazines such as Punch and Tattler, writing short stories and poetry. Gibbons is best known for her novel Cold Comfort Farm. A satirical portrait of rural British life in the 1930's, it won the Femina Vie Heureuse prize in 1933. In the book, Flora, a socialite, is orphaned and forced to live with relatives in the country. Flora tries to bring order and sense to the gloomy Starkadders on Cold Comfort Farm. To the delight of readers, this novel has been adapted several times as successful British films. Stella Gibbons died on December 19, 1989 in London. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Gibbons, Stella
- Nome legale
- Gibbons, Stella Dorothea
- Data di nascita
- 1902-01-05
- Data di morte
- 1989-12-19
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- North London Collegiate School for Girls
University College London (Dipl.|1922 -- Journalism) - Attività lavorative
- poet
novelist
journalist
short-story writer - Relazioni
- Oliver, Reggie (nephew)
Webb, Allan (husband) - Organizzazioni
- The Evening Standard
The Lady
British United Press - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Femina Vie Heureuse Prize (1933)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1950) - Breve biografia
- Stella Gibbons was born in the Hampstead area of north London, the daughter of a melodramatic family. Her father was a respected physician, but violent and tyrannical. She attended North London Collegiate School for Girls and University College London. In 1924, she began working as a journalist for the British United Press news agency and later wrote for publications such as The Evening Standard and The Lady magazine. In 1933, she married Allan Bourne Webb, an actor and vocalist, with whom she had a daughter.
Her first published poetic work was the collection Mountain Beast (1930), but she attracted enduring fame with her amusing, satirical novel Cold Comfort Farm in 1932. It won her the prestigious Prix Femina Vie Heureuse in 1933. Stella Gibbons was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. She published her last novel in 1970 but continued to write for her own pleasure.
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Recensioni
Cold Comfort Farm di Stella Gibbons
another book that was sujpposed to be funny that was tedious and offensive. the characters were cartoonish and most grew very little. this was supposed to be a parody of quality literature, but the writing was so facile it was difficult to identify with anyone. and there were so many unbelievable coincidences that detracted from the story. the only jewish character was presented very poorly, and the characters laughed at a character named adolf. adolf was definitely not a funny character. a real waste!… (altro)
½Wonderfully funny but nothing that overly stood out for me, personally, to make it a must-read.
[3.5] for a (modern) classic, this was so easy to read in terms of language and the lengh of it, it never felt like a chore to read it. i was a little apprehensive going in that i wouldn't find it as funny as everyone said i would, but i did see the humour throughout, and genuinely enojoyed the characters too.
I hate it when I have to admit I don't "get" a book. It makes me feel dumb. That said, I "get" what Gibbons was doing with this "comic" novel (and there are some pretty funny bits), but not having the background knowledge of or familiarity with English rural novels popular at the time, much of it went over my head. It's also an odd book in terms of being set in the "near future" (it was published in 1932) with tiny details to indicate as much, but I didn't see the point of those or of the conceit in general.
It wasn't a waste of time, exactly, but it was far from a satisfying read.
3.25 stars… (altro)
It wasn't a waste of time, exactly, but it was far from a satisfying read.
3.25 stars… (altro)
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- Opere
- 36
- Opere correlate
- 16
- Utenti
- 7,970
- Popolarità
- #3,041
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 288
- ISBN
- 173
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 28
