The Remains of the Day

“The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.”

Stevens is a Butler, one of the last few greats. With the demise of his previous employer, Darlington Hall is now in the hands of an American businessman. His new employer suggests it's time for Stevens to take a holiday and get away from the estate for a week. And so he sets off... reminiscing on his life, of fellow servant Ms. Kenton, choices made or not made, and wonders...just who he really is.

The writing style took me a bit to get used to, and the start is a bit slow, but once I got used to the story and the wording, it flowed really well. Everything, even reputation, depended on how well they handled their stations and how well their households were ran. Without their stations their identities were lost. It was interesting to see how estates were ran from the staff's POV.