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Burning kingdoms volume 1
Language
English
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"Set in a world inspired by historical India, The Jasmine Throne begins a sweeping new epic fantasy trilogy in which a captive princess and a servant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies--and eventually, much more than allies--on a dark journey to save their empire. Imprisoned by her tyrannical brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless...
2) Longbourn
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A novel whose principal characters are the servants in Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice. Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is upstairs. When a mysterious new footman arrives, the orderly realm of the servants' hall threatens to be completely,...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Upstairs downstairs: The saga of the aristocratic Bellamy family and their loyal and lively servants. Real-life events from 1903-1930 are incorporated into the stories of the Bellamy household. Thomas & Sarah: After giving notice at 165 Eaton Place, the enterprising Thomas Watkins and Sarah Moffat make a go of it on their own.
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia series volume 16
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When the literal-minded Amelia Bedelia helps out at her doctor's office one busy day, nothing seems to go quite right until Amelia begins to treat the impatient patients.
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 1
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
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In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
11) Beast & crown
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Boot boy Ji is tired of scrubbing soles and untangling shoelaces. He doesn't want to bow and scrape. All he wants is freedom--for himself and his friends. He decides to risk everything for a chance to accompany a young nobleman to the Diadem Rite, a magical ritual that chooses the heir to the Summer Crown. Ji doesn't care about crowns or ceremonies, but he vows that this trip will grant him and his friends new lives, far away from boots and bowing....
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Language
English
Description
Landing her personal hero and mega-best-selling author Essie Starling as a client, housecleaner Liv Green forms an unlikely friendship with this infamous recluse, but when Essie suddenly dies, leaving her an astonishing last wish, Liv discovers a connection between them that changes Liv's own life story forever.
14) The latecomers
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Forced to give up her baby for adoption after the death of her husband in 1908, an Irish teen takes a maid's job at a sprawling New England estate before a mysterious death reveals a five-generation secret.
15) The friend
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
With Mom too busy and Dad away much of the time, Belle finds companionship with a household employee who after each day's work takes Belle "hand in hand" to the beach.
Author
Series
Jing xuan volume LE05
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A new edition of the Traditional Chinese edition of The Remains of the day, the Booker Prize winner by Kazuo Ishiguro. This elegiac novel mourning the decline of an empire and the last of the traditional butler was adapted to film in 1993 starring Anthony Hopkins.
「以哀而不傷的筆觸,平實卻又奇崛,把世界帶到讀者面前…… 於此,石黑一雄深入我心, 正如一首夜曲,又不止是一首夜曲。」──吳明益...
Author
Series
Avenue of Dreams volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A clever young servant in the Banning household uses an assumed identity to pursue a life of privilege, but discovers love and belonging where she least expects them.
19) Common
Author
Series
Tales of the mystics volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Leah spends her days scrubbing floors, polishing silver, and meekly curtsying to nobility. Nothing distinguishes her from the other commoners serving at the palace, except her red hair. And her secret friendship with Rafe, the Crown Prince of Imperia. But Leah's safe, ordinary world begins to splinter. Rafe's parents announce his betrothal to a foreign princess, and she unearths a plot to overthrow the royal family. When she reports it without proof,...
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