Longbourn - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780345806970

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by Jo Baker (Author)

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 Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 352

Dimensions: 0.8 x 8 x 5.1 IN

Publication Date: June 17, 2014

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