pickMargaret Forster wrote a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 1989 and some years later wrote this novel about her Ladys Maid, Lily Wilson, based on the bare few facts that are known about her. Its a really deep imagining of what it was like to be in service in the 19th C and to have an intense and complicated relationship with your frail mistress. Great historical writing, slow moving and character driven - a bit depressing at times! ⬇️
Centique I would recommend it to @LeahBergen but I see on Goodreads you have already read it! PS I loved Forster‘s biography of Daphne Du Maurier too. 3w
CarolynM Sounds interesting! 3w
Centique @CarolynM makes me appreciate being born in this century once again! 3w
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andrew61 I'm in the middle of one of her novels at mo and I noticed she had written about daphne du maurier but this also looks interesting 3w
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I love books like this. Any other recommendations? 3w
Centique @DrSabrinaMoldenReads the only other book ive read from a servants POV was Longbourn by Jo Baker which is excellent. 2w
Centique @andrew61 I‘ll be interested to hear what you think of the one you‘re reading! I think this one could have been shortened a bit but maybe because she wrote the EBB bio she wanted to cover all the ups and downs. 2w
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Thanks 2w
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I have this but have not read it![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Mrs. Woolf and the Servants: An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury 2w
Mrs. Woolf and the Servants: An Intimate History of Domestic Life in BloomsburyLeahBergen I loved this book! 2w
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