This is a genuinely fresh perspective on the tale of the Bennet household. There are some wildly sad and romantic moments I was sobbing by the end. “ Longbourn is a really special book, and not only because its author writes like an angel. Baker’s vivid passages about the natural world, working conditions and even of sorrow are. In Sarah the housemaid, Baker has created a heroine, living in the same house as Elizabeth Bennet, who manages to shine despite Elizabeth’s long literary shadow.” “There’s a finale so back-of-the-hand-to-the-forehead romantic, someone should render it in needlepoint.” “The Bennet family’s servants imagined by Baker have richly complicated lives and loyalties. “ Longbourn is told with glee and great wit.” “ writing style draws admirably from Austen’s.” “ fitting tribute, inventing a touching love story of its own.” “A triumph: a splendid tribute to Austen’s original but, more importantly, a joy in its own right, a novel that contrives both to provoke the intellect and, ultimately, to stop the heart.” “A bold novel, subversive in ways that prove surprising, and brilliant on every level.”
Fans of Austen and Downton Abbey will take particular pleasure in Longbourn, but any reader with a taste for well-researched historical fiction will delight in Baker’s involving, informative tale.” “Original and charming, even gripping, in its own right.” Dive in and you might even forget to watch Downton Abbey.” you will devour Jo Baker’s ingenious Longbourn. “Rich, engrossing, and filled with fascinating observations. A Best Book of the Year: New York Times 100 Notable, Seattle Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Kirkus Reviews.A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK
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