Longbourn

Der Blick durch die Dienstbotentür gewährt eine neue Sicht auf vertraute Figuren. So hat man die Bennets noch nicht gesehen.

You all know Jane Austens most favourite novel „Pride and Prejudice“. Well now it’s time to see Austens world fro another perspective because Jo Bakers decided to write her story from the point of view of the servants. I’m a big fan of the original story by Jane Austen and I thought that Bakers found a very special and new way to adapt this all-time classic. The main focus lies really on the servants, but you could still find amazing new sides of the original characters. I thought that especially Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were filled with new life and a background you would never imagine from the original. But even if you’re not a “Pride and Prejudice” lover you can still enjoy reading this story because you don’t need any information to understand what’s going on in “Longbourn” and I also really liked the plot that wasn’t connected to the original novel. “Longbourn” is a really nice historical novel that of course captures the interest of Austen lovers like me, but also shows a side which you don’t get to see often in other historical stories. I can only highly recommend it!