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Dec 09, 2020
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18 June 2022: copying my text updates here in case they are disappeared:
November 22, 2020 – page 19
8.41% "It's been quite a while since I've seen the film, but the overly formal butler and his careful sentences immediately brought back Anthony Hopkins to my mind."
November 27, 2020 – page 70
30.97% "Resolved not to waste further time on account of this childish affair, I contemplated departure via the french windows. (p. 53)"
November 29, 2020 – page 103
45.58% "I am loving this so much."
December 9, ...more
November 22, 2020 – page 19
8.41% "It's been quite a while since I've seen the film, but the overly formal butler and his careful sentences immediately brought back Anthony Hopkins to my mind."
November 27, 2020 – page 70
30.97% "Resolved not to waste further time on account of this childish affair, I contemplated departure via the french windows. (p. 53)"
November 29, 2020 – page 103
45.58% "I am loving this so much."
December 9, ...more
I was surprised by how amazingly well written and poignant this novel was! After reading the back cover, I was preparing myself for a potentially dull read: a butler goes for a drive and contemplates his long career as well as philosophically musing over what makes one a "great" butler and trying to define "dignity". Sounds pretty boring.....only it wasn't! It was actually incredibly moving and insightful. It is interesting just how much pride was taken in one's work at that time. To be a butler
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This was a very curious book. It was told from the POV of a head butler at a large English estate during the middle half of the 20th century, including WWII. The butler is quite tedious, and the beginning of the book largely consists of him ruminating on the proper ways to behave. Yet by the end of the book, you really become quite endeared to him and wish for him to find happiness in his life. His viewpoint is a unique one, and through it the reader is exposed to a quite different perspective o
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