The Observations - Hardcover

Harris, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670037737 ISBN 13: 9780670037735

Publisher: Viking Adult, 2006

Synopsis

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 and is tempted to risk everything she cares about. 30,000 first printing.

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From the Back Cover:

Praise for THE OBSERVATIONS by Jane Harris

"Rollicking and engaging. A confident, fresh, roguishly charming first work."
-Kirkus (starred review)

"It's nearly impossible to find period pieces like this, by turns funny and sad, but always true to the ear."
-Entertainment Weekly

"Sharp, funny and tender-hearted, Bessy is an accomplishment."
-Publishers Weekly

"Bessy's unique, witty voice distinguishes this boisterous novel."
-Booklist

"Bessy's is the freshest voice to come along in a long time...[The Observations] is utterly unputdownable."
-Bookreporter.com

"Bessy... [has] the freshest, sharpest, naughtiest...voice you're apt to encounter in literature...I adored her."
-Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

"Bessy Buckley can hold her head up with Moll Flanders and Becky Sharp as a living, breathing mortal."
-The Times (London)

"Unique, not least in the ebullience of the language... a superbly uncorseted evocation of life in Victorian Scotland."
-Sunday Herald (Glasgow)

"There are enough twists... to keep a cynical adult reader up half the night .... [Bessy is] impossible not to like."
-London Review of Books

"An astonishing imaginative feat, brilliantly written."
-Scotland on Sunday

"This intriguing, ghostly read will have you hooked from page one. Fantastic."
-Company Magazine (UK)

"Harris's skilful unravelling of her labyrinthine plot is a joy that will keep you reading well into the small hours."
-Easy Living Magazine (UK)

"A breath of fresh air - witty, bawdy, [and] tantalizing. The author undoubtedly has a wicked sense of humor."
-NewBooksMag (UK)

About the Author:

Jane HarrisÂ’s short stories have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and magazines, and she has written several award-winning short films. In 2000, she received a WriterÂ’s Award from the Arts Council of England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670037737
• ISBN 13: 9780670037735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416