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last updated Aug 19, 2014 03:53PM
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I am reading this as part of Austen August. Page Count: 443.
My friend gave me two books for my birthday earlier this year, and this was one of them. She herself had read Longbourn and promised me it was a good book. I picked up Longbourn at the start of August, intending to make it last a couple of weeks by reading it alongside Pride and Prejudice, but nope, I basically devoured this book.
Longbourn follows the servants of the Longbourn property, rather than the Bennet inhabitants. You do have sc ...more
My friend gave me two books for my birthday earlier this year, and this was one of them. She herself had read Longbourn and promised me it was a good book. I picked up Longbourn at the start of August, intending to make it last a couple of weeks by reading it alongside Pride and Prejudice, but nope, I basically devoured this book.
Longbourn follows the servants of the Longbourn property, rather than the Bennet inhabitants. You do have sc ...more
Having read the first few pages, I feared Sarah would be an annoying, ungrateful character, but she turned into a well-rounded and fleshed out girl. Due to her upbringing she starts out very naive and has no concept of the world outside of Longbourn and Meryton. At the age of 6 she was orphaned and has been working at Longbourn ever since the housekeeper Mrs. Hill took her in. She is a headstrong, ambitious girl with a healthy amount of curiosity, which allows her to slowly open her eyes to the
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Loved Jo Baker's Longbourn! A must read companion to Pride and Prejudice. P&P is prim and proper while Longbourn is a little seedy and scandalous, just a little. Read it with an open mind.
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