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She wrote, just finished the best book i have read in months, longbourn. Baker, usually when i see a book that is in some way based on jane austens novels, i shy away from it. Jane austen book club discussion at nicolas books associated event of the university of michigan graduate library the life and times of lizzy bennet exhibit. The next chapter in the continuing story of jane austens pride and. Baker is a real and very fine writer, and longbourn stands on its own as an engrossing, intelligent historical novel. Discover book depository s huge selection of jo baker books online. O, the oprah magazine original and charming, even gripping, in its own right. This study guide consists of approximately 121 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of longbourn. Unlike the many, many books written as continuations of pride and prejudice, longbourn is the story of the servants of the bennet family residing at thier ancestral home called longbourn. The book depository is planning to expand internationally with countryspecific websites, following the appointment of former bookrabbit m. We were with her as she spun out of control with her emotions. Reading guide for longbourn by jo baker discussion guide for book clubs. Jo bakers novel is the story of the servants who washed the bennet girls linen, soothed mrs bennet when she was distressed, indulged mr bennet when they were obliged to indulge him and all the time carried on with their own unregarded lives.

It is washday for the housemaids at longbourn house, and sarahs hands are chapped and bleeding. There are exceptions for books published prior to 1978, but thats part of the convoluted bits. She lives in lancaster with her husband, the playwright daragh carville, and their two children. With the 200 th anniversary of jane austens death it has given the grad library an opportunity to showcase not only. She wrote books such as the picture book and offcomer. It should be said at once that jo bakers longbourn is an exception. Housemaid sarah often dreams of a life outside of servitude or of some kind of interesting change until mysterious new footman james smith arrives. Jo bakers thoroughly researched description of the servants toil expands the tiny piece of ivory that jane austen worked on by showing. Buy a discounted paperback of longbourn online from australias leading online bookstore. Jo bakers longbourn, a sequel told from a different. Book depository plans overseas drive the bookseller. Longbourn by jo baker, 9780552779517, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Longbourn is the house in which jane austen set pride and prejudice. Longbourn by jo baker moderator sarah van cleve, phd student in english university of michigan.

Of all the technical virtues the novel commands, the cynosure of all attention is the economy and control of the plot because the. Jo baker writes utterly convincingly about the lives of servants labouring in the longbourn of austens pride and prejudice. Jo baker is the author of six novels, most recently longbourn and a country road, a tree. As a jane austen spin off set from a servants point of view, longbourn attempts to tell the story of pride and prejudice from a completely new angle. Double your chances to win one of six 6 copies of jo bakers new novel by leaving a comment stating what intrigues you about the premise or characters in his novel in both posts.

For june 2014 book chat, im reading longbourn by jo baker. Original and charming, even gripping, in its own right. The book offers an unflinching look at the unpleasant physical realities of life in the early nineteenth century, from chilblains and lice to hauling water on freezing mornings, polishing floors, scrubbing foodencrusted dishes, laundering filthy clothing, washing rags soaked with menstrual blood, and even. I believe your readers would find the fresh concepts in my book to be a new, more christ like way of thinking about money and could be life changing. The next chapter in the continuing story of jane austens pride and prejudice the darcys of pemberley winslow, shannon, hansen, micah d. Longbourn is due to be made into a film produced by focus features. She has also written for bbc radio 4, and her short stories have been included in a number of anthologies. Questions for jo baker, author of longbourn jo bakers longbourn retells the events of pride and prejudice from the point of view of the servants. Pride and prejudice was only half the story if elizabeth bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, sarah often thought, shed most likely be a sight more. Our celebration of longbourn continues from the october 8th, launch party. Jo baker, retelling pride and prejudice from the servants perspective, has no interest in period prettiness. Beloved books like pride and prejudice or gone with the wind, or. She lives in lancaster, england, with her husband, the playwright and screenwriter daragh carville, and their two children. A brilliantly imagined, irresistible belowstairs answer to pride and prejudice.

Longbourn by jo baker, jane austens bennett family seen through the eyes of their servants. Longbourn by jo baker 2014 0617 skip to main content. If longbourn is received as a delicious concoction of pride and prejudice meets downton abbey, then, for commercial reasons, no one will feel sorry for jo baker, but for artistic ones, she will have been treated unfairly. Difficulty finishing a bookbook club how long will it take me to read paradise lost. The next chapter in the continuing story of jane austens pride and prejudice the darcys of pemberley. Longbourn by jo baker volume 1 chapters 1 5 summary and analysis. Jo baker was born in lancashire, england, and educated at oxford university and queens university belfast. A versatile and talented writer places jo baker at the top end of the list of emerging british literary talent time out jo baker reads an extract from. At first, reading about her duties repelled me as well, and i. Longbourn, by jo baker, is the tale of servants of longbourn house, the home of the bennet family from jane austens pride and predjudice. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Jo baker dares to take us beyond the drawing rooms of jane austens classicinto the often overlooked domain of the stern housekeeper and the starryeyed kitchen maid, into the gritty daily particulars faced by the lower classes in regency england during the napoleonic warsand, in doing so, creates a vivid, fascinating, fully realized world. Jo baker reads an extract from her new book, longbourn. She is the author of the undertow and of three earlier novels published in the united kingdom. Though ive 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. Longbourn vintage by jo baker reading guidebook club. She lives in lancaster, england, with her husband, the playwright and. Longbourn by jo baker, 9780345806970, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Jane austen book club longbourn by jo baker nicolas books. Jo baker is a novelist with a gift for intimate and atmospheric storytelling. Therefore, it in not a continuation of a favorite story but a. Jo baker s novel is the story of the servants who washed the bennet girls linen, soothed mrs bennet when she was distressed, indulged mr bennet when they were obliged to indulge him and all the time carried on with their own unregarded lives. Who is the most iconic black character in literature.