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  • Absolutely lovely book. I am not always a fan of this particular literary genre because so often they don't work. The story becomes boring or the characters unlikable. The Remains of the Day is so well written that I- the unabashed speed-reader- had to slow down and appreciate every word. I was then ... Continue

    Absolutely lovely book. I am not always a fan of this particular literary genre because so often they don't work. The story becomes boring or the characters unlikable. The Remains of the Day is so well written that I- the unabashed speed-reader- had to slow down and appreciate every word. I was then rewarded with a story that will stay with me a long time. The only other author that I will do this for is Kent Haruf.

    

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• ― Icedream said on Feb 22, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Beautiful, elegant narrative of the lives and duties in an English Manor house. More somber than the movie, this novel has rightfully been hailed as a modern classic.

    

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• ― guaddess said on Jul 28, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • "The Remains of the Day" snuck up on me, like the long slow slide into nightfall on a warm summers day. Unreliable narrators are my guilty pleasure, and it seems that Mr. Stevens, the butler at the heart of this novel, was bred to be self-deceptive, to wear his position in British society like a sui ... Continue

    "The Remains of the Day" snuck up on me, like the long slow slide into nightfall on a warm summers day. Unreliable narrators are my guilty pleasure, and it seems that Mr. Stevens, the butler at the heart of this novel, was bred to be self-deceptive, to wear his position in British society like a suit of armor against the world.

    

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• ― Sthomson06 said on May 30, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. A wonderful, wonderful book.

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