Susan (sophiespencermom) reviewed on 8/22/2015 + 9 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I enjoyed Longbourn. It's fun to see what life might have been like "downstairs" during the events of Pride and Prejudice. The author seems to have researched the period well and never loses the period voice the way other Austen spin-off writers sometimes do. I cared about the characters; they were well-drawn and seemed true to life. Baker also does a great job at not interfering with the Pride and Prejudice characters - again, something that other spin-offs are guilty of. It's clear from the book just how much the servants' lives hung on the family's choices, but how little the family knew of what was important to the servants.

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