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English: Remains of the Day

Remains of the Day

Darlington Hall, one of the locations used in the film The Remains of the Day.

Study Guides

The impact of world war 1.

Grand Houses of England

Interior of Blenhiem Palace

Dyrham Park, one of the locations used in the film of The Remains of the Day.

Click on the image for a critical analysis of grand homes of England from The New Yorker.

State Library of Victoria Resources

Context & background

Click on the image above to find out about the Treaty of Versaille.

The “Big Four” (left to right): David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States, the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles.

National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German ambassador who features in the novel. An interesting article outlining relations between England and Germany between the wars. Click on the image above.

The role of the butler in English society

Click on the image above to discover some of the roles of the English butler.

Social classes in England

Click on the image above to read about some of the conflicts and changes that were occurring in England during the 1920s.

Research skills

Creating references

Referencing or citing your sources is an important part of academic writing and research. It lets you acknowledge the ideas or words of others and helps avoid plagiarism.

Click on the Online reference generator image above to create reference citations for your bibliography.

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazao Ishiguro. Click on the image for biographical information.

Click on the image above for a detailed interview with Ishiguro from the esteemed Paris Review series of interviews with known writers.

Literary perspectives

Click on the image to search the State Library of Victoria's databases.

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The following journal article on The Remains of the Day was downloaded from The State Library.

 

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