Longbourn

A reimagining of Pride and Prejudice from the point of view of the servants . . . A joy

Guardian

A genuinely fresh perspective on the tale of the Bennet household . . . Baker confronts the darker elements of eighteenth century life . . . The result is engrossing - and a lot of fun

Sunday Times

A really special book, and not only because its author writes like an angel

Daily Mail

Delightfully audacious . . . a work that's both original and charming, even gripping

New York Times Book Review

Intoxicating . . . A joy in its own right, a novel that contrives both to provoke the intellect and, ultimately, to stop the heart

Guardian

To twist something so familiar into something quite fresh is impressive . . . Baker takes ownership of this world without mimicking Austen's style, asserting instead her own distinctive voice . . . An engrossing tale we neither know nor expect

Sunday Telegraph

An Austen lover has the satisfaction of matching the novel chapter for chapter

Observer

Just enough Darcy to delight, as well as being a fascinating insight into the harsh working conditions of life in a grand house two hundred years ago

Good Housekeeping

Jo Baker takes the reader on a journey back to a version of Regency England that is as much about poverty and war as social comedy and romance

Metro

This clever glimpse of Austen's universe clouded by washday steam is so compelling it leaves you wanting to read the next chapter in the lives below stairs

Daily Express

Pride and Prejudice re-imagined as a mysterious manservant stirs up passions in the Bennet household both upstairs and down

Woman & Home

Superb . . . The lightest of touches by a highly accomplished young writer of whom more, surely, will be heard

Mail on Sunday

Jo Baker takes a fresh angle on a story that millions of diehard fans know inside out

Sunday Express

The well-loved Pride and Prejudice is shaken up and given the grit that Jane Austen could never include

Evening Standard

Longbourn is a fantastic feat of imagination, unflinching in its portrayal of war and the limitations of life for a servant - a novel you will want to shelve with the original classics you plan to read again and again

Psychologies

Painstakingly researched, it captures the atmosphere of Austen's England perfectly and is delivered in beautiful prose

Sunday Mirror

If you are a Jane Austen fan, you will devour Jo Baker's ingenious Longbourn as the ambrosia from the gods it is

O Magazine

THE PICTURE BOOK: A sweeping drama with real emotional depth

Daily Mail

A novelist with a gift for intimate and atmospheric storytelling

Financial Times

A versatile and talented writer .. places Jo Baker at the top end of the list of emerging British literary talent

Time Out

Jo Baker gives us the story from the servants' perspectives and pulls off the seemingly impossible: a completely fresh take on Jane Austen. Utterly engrossing.

Guardian

Captivating and delicious. A brilliantly imagined and lovingly told story about the wide world beyond the margins and outside the parlours of Pride and Prejudice

Maggie Shipstead, author of SEATING ARRANGEMENTS