| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Penguin readers. Level 6
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Penguin readers. Level 6.
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| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Limited, London, and in the United states by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1989"--CIP. |
| Summary |
The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second World War, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him -- oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, pitch-perfect novel -- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Country homes -- Fiction.
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Country homes. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Household employees -- Fiction.
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Household employees. |
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England -- Fiction.
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England. |
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Social classes -- England -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Social classes. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Country homes -- England -- Fiction.
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Household employees -- England -- Fiction.
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Butlers -- Fiction.
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Butlers. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Romance fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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| Other Form: |
9780679731726 |
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Print version: Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954- Remains of the day. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1993, ©1989 0679731725 (DLC) 90050177 (OCoLC)30373244 |
| ISBN |
9780307576187 (electronic book) |
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0307576183 (electronic book) |
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1405882697 |
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9781405882699 |
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