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Lady's Maid

Margaret Forster

Paperback | Pages: 576 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 1848 Users | 231 Reviews

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Title	:	Lady's Maid
Author	:	Margaret Forster
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 576 pages
Published	:	May 15th 2007 by Ballantine Books (first published 1990)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. European Literature. British Literature

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Young and timid but full of sturdy good sense and awakening sophistication, Lily Wilson arrives in London in 1844, becoming a lady’s maid to the fragile, housebound Elizabeth Barrett. Lily is quickly drawn to her mistress’s gaiety and sharp intelligence, the power of her poetry, and her deep emotional need. It is a strange intimacy that will last sixteen years.

It is Lily who smuggles Miss Barrett out of the gloomy Wimpole Street house, witnesses her secret wedding to Robert Browning in an empty church, and flees with them to threadbare lodgings and the heat, light, and colors of Italy. As housekeeper, nursemaid, companion, and confidante, Lily is with Elizabeth in every crisis – birth, bereavement, travel, literary triumph. As her devotion turns almost to obsession, Lily forgets her own fleeting loneliness. But when Lily’s own affairs take a dramatic turn, she comes to expect the loyalty from Elizabeth that she herself has always given.

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Original Title:	Lady's Maid
ISBN:	0345497430 (ISBN13: 9780345497437)
Edition Language:	English

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Lady's Maid is a fictional account of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's maid. It started out interesting, and I found myself truly enjoying the story of Barrett's strange home life and interaction with her father, and her courtship with Robert Browning. But it went downhill from there and became slow going until the end. It was interesting to learn about the Brownings' lives, but the story started to plod along, and I found it hard to finish. If you like historical fiction you'll probably enjoy this

Forster does a good job of pulling us into the plight of Wilson, the maid. She demonstrates the selfishness of employers and the desperation of servants in that era. The book is long and sometimes slow and seems to repeat itself in certain points, but overall I liked it and wanted to see how it ended.

Even though I was not overly impressed with Lady's Maid I was unable to put it down and stop reading it entirely. Wilson was not just a maid to Mrs. Barrett but a friend and a confidant. I really liked Wilson at times and other times I did not care for her much. She had a hard life and clearly struggled to make the most of her life. Worshiping her mistress she showed no hesitation in leaving all she knew to make Mrs. Barrette into Mrs. Browning. As for growth I am not really sure Wilson's

More than just a Ladys MaidGiven the 5-star rating, you can assume that I really liked this book. From the time, Wilson leaves her family to become Elizabeth Barretts maid, the reader becomes enveloped in the story. It is not always a happy story: Miss Barrett is not always well and requires a great deal of attention and care, which Wilson is more than happy to provide. After Miss Barrett becomes Mrs. Browning, Wilson continues as an important member of their family. Through several miscarriages

A charity-shop discovery that I am truly glad to have made. It narrates the semi-fictional story of Elizabeth Browning's made, Wilson. But really, what it narrates is life. Life in its progressively increasing depth, sadness, and disillusionment. It has been a long time since a novel moved me thus, and I have found myself shedding more than a tear on the long bus journeys I undertake every day - or weeping, as Wilson would put it. Only a woman could have written something like this- and this is,

Based on a true story about a complex relationship between a lady and her maid. They were together some 16 years and the book is nearly 600 pages so it is a little slow at times but it is also fascinating.3.5 stars

5.5/6 -- Have you ever liked an actor in a movie and then seen them interviewed and wished that you had never seen the interview because your opinion of them changed (for the worse)? Well, now I am not sure I like Elizabeth Barrett Browning... her selfish, self-centered personality was immense. Altho I did find the book sort of interesting, I would have difficulty in recommending it to many people: the writing is slow, so the reader must have a definite interest in period writing and an interest