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I can’t seem to decide if I’ve read this before or I just recall the story because I saw the movie back when it came out. Certainly, it was impossible to read without seeing Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins in my mind the entire time, but I also think that this was the sort of book I was starting to want to read right about when it came out, so maybe.
The first third or so bored me a bit, with all the talk of famous butlers and what makes a great butler. Then it finally all gets going - the rel ...more
The first third or so bored me a bit, with all the talk of famous butlers and what makes a great butler. Then it finally all gets going - the rel ...more
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Lovely little epistolary novel about Stevens, a proper British butler, who looks back over his long career in service when his house, Darlington Hall, changes hands from the longtime owner, Lord Darlington, to a new American. Stevens, upon reflection, questions whether everything he thought he knew about life, fellow staff and the Lord himself was as it appeared.
Awarded the Booker Prize in 1989.
Awarded the Booker Prize in 1989.
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