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Below Stairs:The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs Downstairs
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “wrinkle in dust jacket keeps it from being perfect.”
- Brand
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- ISBN
- 9781250005441
- Book Title
- Below Stairs : The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey
- Book Series
- Below Stairs Ser.
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Women, Cultural Heritage, Culinary
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Item Weight
- 11.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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If this book was the basis for the wildly successful Upstairs, Downstairs television series, then we must ensure that the show's writers and producers get all the credit they deserve. Here, the stories are lackluster and occasionally insulting to anyone under the age of 65, when Powell starts in on "kids these days." Powell, the second of seven children, grew up in a small English town where class separation was rampant. Despite her claims that it was better back then, money was tight, the family was too big, and she was ushered into domestic service at 15. Her use of many oblique references- like "hair sieves" and "aspic jelly"-will likely leave her readers cool or confused; the book is, above all, a litany of work the author hated to do. Powell fulfilled her lifelong ambition by marrying and, fortunately for us, left domestic service soon after that. Fans of the TV show who hope to find the same illuminating detail and descriptions of period life will be sorely disappointed. Agent: Jennifer Joel, ICM. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250005442
ISBN-13
9781250005441
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109075573
Product Key Features
Book Title
Below Stairs : The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, Cultural Heritage, Culinary
Book Series
Below Stairs Ser.
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Series Volume Number
1
Lc Classification Number
Tx649.P68a3 2012
Reviews
"Margaret Powell's sharply observed memoir... stands out in the tradition of literature about servants for being a true account of a life spent in domestic service, although the incidents it relates are as vividly entertaining and disturbing as anything found in fiction."-- Wall Street Journal "What makes Powell such a credible narrator is the fact that she's never reflexively bitter or nasty. When she worked for a family that treated her with kindness and without condescension, she was deeply grateful and desperate to please... All these years later, "Below Stairs" retains its peculiar fascination."-- The New York Times "An irresistible inside account of life "in service" and a fascinating document of a vanished--if fetishistically longed-for--time and place."-- Kirkus Reviews Anyone who enjoyed Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs will relish this feisty memoir."--Dame Eileen Atkins, co-creator of Upstairs, Downstairs "Margaret Powell was the first person outside my family to introduce me to that world, so near and yet seemingly so far away, where servants and their employers would live their vividly different lives under one roof. Her memories, funny and poignant, angry and charming, haunted me until, many years later, I made my own attempts to capture those people for the camera. I certainly owe her a great debt."--Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, What makes Powell such a credible narrator is the fact that she's never reflexively bitter or nasty. When she worked for a family that treated her with kindness and without condescension, she was deeply grateful and desperate to please... All these years later, "Below Stairs" retains its peculiar fascination., "Anyone who enjoyed Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs will relish this feisty memoir."--Dame Eileen Atkins, co-creator of Upstairs, Downstairs "Margaret Powell was the first person outside my family to introduce me to that world, so near and yet seemingly so far away, where servants and their employers would live their vividly different lives under one roof. Her memories, funny and poignant, angry and charming, haunted me until, many years later, I made my own attempts to capture those people for the camera. I certainly owe her a great debt."--Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, Margaret Powell was the first person outside my family to introduce me to that world, so near and yet seemingly so far away, where servants and their employers would live their vividly different lives under one roof. Her memories, funny and poignant, angry and charming, haunted me until, many years later, I made my own attempts to capture those people for the camera. I certainly owe her a great debt., An irresistible inside account of life "in service" and a fascinating document of a vanished--if fetishistically longed-for--time and place., Margaret Powell's sharply observed memoir... stands out in the tradition of literature about servants for being a true account of a life spent in domestic service, although the incidents it relates are as vividly entertaining and disturbing as anything found in fiction.
Copyright Date
2012
Lccn
2011-038190
Dewey Decimal
641.5092 B
Dewey Edition
23
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