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* GenreKiller[=/=]TrendKiller: It’s largely forgotten now, but back between the wars, there was a very popular trend, verging on a minor sub-genre, for PurpleProse-laden rural gothic novels. Then Stella Gibbons wrote ''Literature/ColdComfortFarm'', which is good enough to survive despite it having killed its targets.

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* GenreKiller[=/=]TrendKiller: It’s largely forgotten now, but back between the wars, there was a very popular trend, verging on a minor sub-genre, SubGenre, for PurpleProse-laden rural gothic novels. Then Stella Gibbons wrote ''Literature/ColdComfortFarm'', which is good enough to survive despite it having killed its targets.
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* GenreKiller: It’s largely forgotten now, but back between the wars, there was a very popular minor sub-genre of PurpleProse-laden rural gothic novels. Then Stella Gibbons wrote ''Literature/ColdComfortFarm'', which is good enough to survive despite it having killed its targets.

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* GenreKiller: GenreKiller[=/=]TrendKiller: It’s largely forgotten now, but back between the wars, there was a very popular trend, verging on a minor sub-genre of sub-genre, for PurpleProse-laden rural gothic novels. Then Stella Gibbons wrote ''Literature/ColdComfortFarm'', which is good enough to survive despite it having killed its targets.
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* GenreKiller: * It’s largely forgotten now, but back between the wars, there was a very popular minor sub-genre of PurpleProse-laden rural gothic novels. Then Stella Gibbons wrote ''Literature/ColdComfortFarm'', which is good enough to survive despite it having killed its targets.

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* GenreKiller: * It’s largely forgotten now, but back between the wars, there was a very popular minor sub-genre of PurpleProse-laden rural gothic novels. Then Stella Gibbons wrote ''Literature/ColdComfortFarm'', which is good enough to survive despite it having killed its targets.
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* GenreKiller: * It’s largely forgotten now, but back between the wars, there was a very popular minor sub-genre of PurpleProse-laden rural gothic novels. Then Stella Gibbons wrote ''Literature/ColdComfortFarm'', which is good enough to survive despite it having killed its targets.
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* OneHitWonder: Stella Gibbons had a reasonable literary career, but of all her works, only ''Cold Comfort Farm'' has really endured (with quite a fan base as well as movie and TV adaptations). Even its sequels are forgotten.
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