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Book Review of Longbourn

Longbourn
Longbourn
Author: Jo Baker
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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Longbourn is a well written page turner about the characters and events of Pride & Prejudice seen from their servants' viewpoint. That said, this darkside flip version does not ring entirely true to me. I can't say it couldn't all have happened that way, but I did not feel that the liberties taken with Mr. Bennet's character in particular seemed plausible. But it is a cracking good read and I would recommend it. Just keep in mind that it's not the Bennets as we knew them. What Jane Austen herself would have thought of it, I can't imagine.