Ebook {Epub PDF} The Observations by Jane Harris

Book Overview. "The Observations" is a hugely assured and darkly funny debut set in nineteenth-century Scotland. Bessy Buckley, the novel's heroine, is a cynical, wide-eyed, and tender fifteen-year-old Irish girl who takes a job as a maid in a once-grand country house outside Edinburgh, where all is /5(6). Jane Harris was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and raised in Glasgow. Her short stories have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and magazines, and she has written several award-winning short films. In , she received a Writer's Award from the Arts Council of England/5.  · The Observations. by. Jane Harris. · Rating details · 6, ratings · reviews. A powerful story of secrets and suspicions, hidden histories and mysterious disappearances set in Victorian Scotland. Scotland, In an attempt to escape her not-so-innocent past in Glasgow, Bessy Buckley—a wide-eyed and feisty young Irish girl—takes a job as a maid in a big house outside /5.

Editions for The Observations: (Hardcover published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in The Observations. by Jane Harris. X. Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: Not Yet Rated. First Published: Jun , pages Paperback: Jul , pages. Genres. Debut. Rate this book. Write a Review. Book Reviewed by: BookBrowse Review Team Buy This Book. About this Book. The Observations, the debut novel by British author Jane Harris, was published in and shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in It was Waterstones book of the month and Faber Faber's lead debut fiction title for spring (with its biggest ever initial print run for a first book).

The Observations, the debut novel by British author Jane Harris, was published in and shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in It was Waterstones book of the month and Faber Faber 's lead debut fiction title for spring (with its biggest ever initial print run for a first book). The Observations is set in rural Scotland in and is narrated by one of the most engaging characters you are ever likely to meet in contemporary literature. Her name is Bessy Buckley — although she has changed it from something else in order to escape her past — and she’s Irish, but has been living in Scotland for four years. The Observations by Jane Harris is set in Scotland in Bessy Buckley is given increasingly bizarre tasks by her employer, the mysterious Arabella.