![]() Older maid Sarah, younger maid Polly, Mr and Mrs. But it’s not just about the Bennets and the events that take place in “Pride and Prejudice,” it’s about the servants’ lives and a servant romance. This is the Bennet household and daily affairs as seen by their servants and other working class characters. The other lure was the lone sentence from the book quoted on the back – “If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she’d most likely be a sight more careful with them.” That sounded so period but without trying to sound “Regency,” that I said, “Self, let’s give it a whirl.” What caught my attention and made me pause, then read the book? It’s the downstairs edition for one thing. It takes a lot to even get me past the blurb stage but “Longbourn” did it. ![]() Though I’ve only read a fraction of the multitude ones that have been published, I find myself sick to death of variations on Austenlandia – the sequels, the prequels, the paranormal and, slightly less so, the contemporaries. ![]() Usually when I see a book that is in some way based on Jane Austen’s novels, I shy away from it. ![]()
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