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Literary Fiction · MelancholicAn English butler takes a road trip and looks back on his years of devoted service
The Remains of the Day
1989258 pagesEasy readSlow pace
★ Booker Prize, 1989
A butler looks back on a life of service
In 1956 Stevens, the butler at Darlington Hall, takes a trip across England in his employer's car. Along the way he remembers the great house in the years between the wars, his loyalty to Lord Darlington and the housekeeper, Miss Kenton. It won the 1989 Booker Prize and was adapted as a 1993 film.
More about this book
Who
Stevens, the butler, and Miss Kenton, the housekeeper.
World
Darlington Hall and the English countryside in 1956.
What makes it different
The narrator reveals more than he means to.
Feel
Restrained and heartbreaking.
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- The Remains of the DayWikipedia