This has been in my reading list, ever since I read ‘Never let me go’ many many years ago. Some books stay with you for a very long time and leaves its fragrance with you.
This is beautifully written. Its about the ‘stiff upper lip Jeeves’, about a person who lives below stairs, he is not a caricature, he is not the ‘Butler did it’. He is a person bound by loyalty and dignity. What is dignity? Who is a butler?
This is not the story of powerful Lord Darlington who dallied with the Prime Ministers and powerful foreign ministers, who had influence on World politics. This is the story of Mr.Stevens the Butler, who made possible for all these powerful people make decisions with comfort, without thinking about food and other daily comfort.
It was heartbreaking when after his discourse on dignity, Mr.Stevens narrates an incident where these Lords and powerful people try to strip him of his dignity. The ending was also heartbreaking, he couldn’t knock and ask. He was too dignified. If he had asked, would he have been able to bear the truth.
Mr Stevens Seniors last days and how he deteriorates, just make me ask would that be the future of Mr. Stevens. Always duty to Lord comes first, even if your very own are dying. Another book the lingers.
This is the quintessential English book. Why is it not in the BBC Big Read!
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