Longbourn

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – “Fans of Austen…will take particular pleasure” (People) in this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice.

While Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters fuss over balls and husbands, Sarah, their orphaned housemaid, is beginning to chafe against the boundaries of her class. When a new footman arrives at Longbourn under mysterious circumstances, the carefully choreographed world she has known all her life threatens to be completely, perhaps irrevocably, upended.

Mentioned only fleetingly in Jane Austen’s classic, here Jo Baker dares to take us beyond the drawing rooms of Regency England and, in doing so, uncovers the real world of the novel that has captivated readers’ hearts around the world for generations.

Author: Jo Baker
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/17/2014
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780345806970
Language: English