best comfort books

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poppy34 · 04/06/2007 20:42

Votes for

Gerogette heyer -any but esp grand sophy
Jilly cooper (rivals and polo being particular favourites)
Katharine -anya seton
gone with the wind - margaret mitchell
the pursuit of love - nancy mitford
the course of honour- lindsey davis

any other ideas (as always open to more esp in run up to summer holidays)

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MadLabOwner · 04/06/2007 21:38

Ooh, another vote for Jilly Cooper and Rivals here

Does anyone else read the Mary Stewart novels - Nine Coaches Waiting etc - always about some impoverished young girl travelling abroad and meeting some tall dark and handsome stranger. These are my ultimate comfort reads now and have been since I was a teenager.

If anyone is interested, India Knight has a fairly comprehensive list of comfort reads in one of her books, which is a good starting point for new comfort reading. I can fish the list out if anyone is interested

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JackieNo · 04/06/2007 20:52

OH yes, meant to say - I completely agree with Cold Comfort Farm, Jilly Cooper (but the really old ones - bought Imogen in a charity shop the other day - haven't read it since I was 14 probably), and The Pursuit of Love, also Love in a Cold Climate.

paulaplumpbottom · 04/06/2007 20:52

Wuthering Heights

JackieNo · 04/06/2007 20:51

My comfort books are the EF Benson 'Mapp and Lucia' series. I also like the Darling Buds of May (which I liked before the TV adaptation, she says defensively).

Sparkletastic · 04/06/2007 20:43

Cold Comfort Farm - love it love it love it

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