There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm

Was down at Scaredy Kat this weekend and picked up a copy of Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm (1932). I haven't read most of the authors it's parodying, but it's still great fun. Mr. Scaredy Kat's a big fan. Special added bonus: The 1995 John Schlesinger film version is on line at youtube in 10 minute installments, so you can creep along in the film as you do the book. It's working out so far through the first third. (Look for the Penguin paperback edition with the cover by R. Chast!)