Stella Gibbons of Gibbons's "most enjoyable and vicious" satirical portraits. In her introduction to the book's 2011 reprint, Lynne Truss describes it as "a rich, mature novel, romantic and wistful, full of rounded characters and terrific dialogue" that deserved more commercial success than it received. The public's expectations were still prejudiced by "Cold Comfort Farm", which by 1949 had sold 28,000 copies in hardback and 315,000 in paperback. Anticipating that a sequel would be popular, that year Gibbons produced "Conference at Cold Comfort Farm", her shortest novel, in which the farm has become a conference centre and tourist attraction. There is much
Stella Jones (writer) country with the play. The play was one of the first New Zealand plays to reach a wide audience, and was praised by critics. "The New Zealand Herald" newspaper wrote that it was a "compelling and first-class piece of work". Later in her career Jones wrote radio plays, including the acclaimed "Between Seasons" (1965) and "Julia's Day" (1972). She also published two papers in the "Auckland-Waikato Historical Journal" in 1979 and 1980, analysing her father's contributions to the development of newspapers in New Zealand. Stella Jones (writer) Stella Marjorie Jones (née Claridge, 5 April 1904 – 6 June 1991) was