6/8/2023 0 Comments Longbourn reviews![]() When a mysterious new footman arrives, the orderly realm of the servants’ hall threatens to be completely, perhaps irrevocably, upended. ![]() But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is upstairs. Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. ![]() In this irresistib ly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice, the servants take center stage. “ I f Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she’d most likely be a sight more careful with them. ![]() Washday could not be avoided, but the weekly purification of the household’s linen was nonetheless a dismal prospect for Sarah. There could be no wearing of clothes without their laundering, just as surely as there could be no going without clothes, not in Hertfordshire anyway, and not in September. ![]()
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