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Dominic introduces this as 'the best book I've ever read on this' regarding the world of country houses and master-servant relationships. Lucy Lethbridge is the guest on the podcast discussing this book.

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Referenced when discussing how butlers are 'almost gentlemen, but not quite' and the complex vocabulary of class. The host notes that Ishiguro 'captures very well' the servant-master relationship in this novel.

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Referenced when discussing the figure of the 'lady help' before the 1920s transformation - described as 'the sort of washed up spinster' character type, alluding to E.M. Forster's novel.

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The Jeeves stories are discussed as an example of the educated servant who knows more than their employer. Lucy describes Jeeves as 'a sort of throwback' to the 16th-17th century 'clever clogged servant' tradition, comparing him to Sancho Panza.

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Mentioned in the discussion of how the servant/aristocratic world has been romanticized in British culture, alongside Upstairs Downstairs and Downton Abbey.

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Referenced as a manual that instructed housemaids that 'tables and chairs should be to the housemaid objects of deep interest after her own family' - used to illustrate the expected dedication of servants to household objects.