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The Observations

Jane Harris

2006400 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006Faber and Faber Ltd. · 400 pagesISBN 9780571231089
  • 2006Faber & Faber · 415 pages · ENGISBN 9780571223350
  • 2011Faber & Faber · 544 pagesISBN 9780571275618
  • 2007Penguin (Non-Classics) · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780143112013

Keeping a journal to record the increasingly unusual duties requested of her by her beautiful mistress, nineteenth-century Edinburgh scullery maid Bessy wonders about her mistress's secret relationship with a dead former maid.

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AtmosphereEerie

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