The Remains of the Day

This novel is about a butler who is trying to understand what qualifies someone as the best butler. His employer is out and offered him the Ford to take a little vacation. While travelling he is reminiscing about his time as a butler with his previous employer at Darlington Hall with Lord Darlington himself.

I loved reading about him visiting the village of Moscombe because it was interesting to read about villagers who thought Mr. Stevens was a ‘gentleman' instead of a butler. I was tickled to find out that Dr. Carlisle came to the conclusion too because Mr. Stevens had met all those well known people but didn't really have an opinion on them at all.

Throughout the novel you feel this push-pull between Mr. Stevens and Miss Kenton. It is like there should be more to their relationship than just the banter that they are constantly doing. The night of Miss Kenton's proposal is the night that if something were going to happen between the two it would have happened then. Unfortunately it did not and Miss Kenton left after her notice.