![]() ![]() ![]() It doesn't force the fact that it references the same plot but from a different point of view down your throat. It never tries to pan for the Upstairs Downton class divide gold and it never feels like a corrective to Austen. It's important first of all to consider what this book is not. But why can she not get her feelings about James, the new mysterious footman fresh from who-knows-where, straight in her head, and why is her heart turned by the mulatto servant of the Bingleys up at Netherfield? Sarah is in the middle of all this, trying to do her share of the housework with one hand at times, lest pus from her blisters get on the linen, or her callouses crack open. ![]() This is a world where people slip up in hogshit, where rain pisses it down, and if the weekly routine washday is bad, you should try it when five Bennet daughters have their coinciding periods. So we have had Jane Austen meet zombies, and now something perhaps even more reprehensible – social realism. Summary: This is a simply brilliant visit into the world of Jane Austen, which supersedes the classic with its own power. ![]()
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