Longbourn

· Sold by Vintage
3.6
22 reviews
Ebook
352
Pages
Eligible

About this ebook

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.

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3.6
22 reviews
Anita Pickens
August 12, 2014
I really enjoyed this book. It was easy to see it as a stand alone. I never once compared it to P & P. There was no need to. I loved the back story of each character. Sarah and James found and had what so many look for. Will buy the hard copy for my shelf. If this is made into a movie I will see it.
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About the author

JO BAKER was born in Lancashire, England, and educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of the novels The Under­tow, Offcomer, The Mermaid’s Child, and The Telling. She lives in Lancaster.

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