description: In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and England, a past that takes in fascism, two world wars, and an unrealised love between the butler and his housekeeper.
language: English
title: The Remains of the Day
titlecomplete: The Remains of the Day (Church of England)
characters: Mr. Farraday, Senator Lewis, Lord Darlington, James Stevens, Reginald Cardinal, William Stevens, Miss Kenton, M. Dupont
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 287483
places: England, United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Bester Interpret
publisher: BBC Audiobooks