The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait o perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world in post England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlin Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he l back over his career to reassure himself that he has ser humanity by serving "a great gentleman." But lurking in memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darling "greatness" and graver doubts about his own faith in the ma served.

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