![]() ![]() Later when Octavia suspects William of an affair with a longtime family acquaintance from Paris, the last remnants of a charmed world seemed to disappear. They were both a sort of monument, he supposed: not real in the same way that the laborers were real…” (52) ![]() Octavia too, perhaps, in her great wool-and-velvet shawl with her pretty little straw-colored boots under a cream dress. “ They saw him as some sort of fixed being, a symbol, a caricature. Her husband William, bound by the obligations of his title and his vows, unknowingly feels a similar discontent. ![]() Not surprisingly, the beautiful Lady Octavia Cavendish is lonely and bored, even somewhat envies the servants for their work. Rutherford Park is the seat of the Cavendish family who live their lavish lives by strict rules and obligation. Set during the Edwardian era at the eponymous estate in the Yorkshire countryside, the Cavendish family are as wealthy, titled, and drama-filled as the Grantham’s, yet we are privileged to be reading a book, as opposed to watching a screenplay, so the author’s historical detail, characterizations and compelling narrative make it even more intriguing. ![]() It you are a fan of Downton Abbey and are Jonesing for a Grantham family-like fix until season four premieres next January on PBS, Elizabeth Cooke’s latest novel Rutherford Park might be just the ticket. ![]()
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