Stevens saw his boss acquaintances as an effort to influence the course of the events that were going to take place soon after that. It was the 40s and politics around Europe were getting heated. Some of the episodes were related to Lord Darlington’s guests at Darlington estate and the discussions that took over on those meetings. What is extremely impressive about this character is his unique way of seeing those events, all that he covered with a layer of denial, a denial that came from his own goodness. It was in this trip where he started reflecting at past events that he shared with Miss Kenton, especially at the time they both served to Lord Darlington. Farraday fancy car looking for Miss Kenton. The letter had some news from Miss Kenton, it looked that she was about to get a divorce, which Stevens interpreted as a subtill message of Miss Kenton wanting to come back to work at Darlington Hall. But in Stevens mind, the letter arrived at the right time, as Darlington Hall was experiencing a shortage of experienced staff.

Farraday, who was insisting that Stevens should take some holidays to go and travel around his beautiful country. Darlington Hall had a new Lord, an American, Mr. The novel bases its plot on a letter sent to Stevens by Miss Kenton, the former housekeeper of Darlington Hall, right in a moment where things were changing so much. He worked for many years at Darlington Hall, Lord Darlington’s estate. Loyalty would be the perfect word to describe his personality, but also a bit of a sweet naivety. Of him one could say was born for the job, after his father also dedicated his life to the service of other lords before he did. This is an outstanding novel narrated in first person by Stevens, the butler.

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