The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway, 154 pages (4 stories read)

I have always wanted to read Ernest Hemingway, and this was a great way to get a little taste of his writing style.  I found his writing style simple, but yet his ideas are a little more complex.  I am not sure I could say I enjoyed the stories I read, but I did find them interesting.  His stories are reminiscent of the era he writes in, the early 1900s.

Life Below Stair, True Lives of Edwardian Servants by Alison Maloney

Life Below Stairs, True Lives of Edwardian Servants by Alison Maloney, 192 pages

This was a fascinating book of a look behind the walls of being a servant in England in the early 1900s.  If you like Downton Abby, you will love this book.  This book has quite a bit of detail and a lot of insight into the life of a servant.  One thing that was really interesting, was a chart of the household structure, who is at the bottom of the servant list and who is at the top.  Another fact I found interesting was how each servant was assigned an amount of beer they were limited too.  This was a very fascinating read!!