Book Review: Longbourn
/"'Pride and Prejudice' meets 'Downton Abbey'" is an easy way to pigeon-hole Jo Baker's new novel - but it's the cheapest way too, giving almost no hint of just how good a book this is.
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"'Pride and Prejudice' meets 'Downton Abbey'" is an easy way to pigeon-hole Jo Baker's new novel - but it's the cheapest way too, giving almost no hint of just how good a book this is.
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