The Remains of the Day
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Prologue: July 1956 Day One: Evening Day Two: Morning Day Two: Afternoon Day Three: Morning Day Three: Evening Day Four: Afternoon Day Six: Evening
Themes
All Themes Dignity and Greatness History, Retrospection and Regret Class Difference and Social Change Politics and Loyalty Authenticity, Performance, and Self-Deception
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Mr. Stevens Miss Kenton (Mrs. Benn) Lord Darlington Mr. John Farraday William Stevens, senior (Stevens’s father) Mr. Graham Sir David Cardinal Mr. Lewis M. Dupont Lisa
Symbols
All Symbols Banter The English Landscape
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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The Remains of the Day

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Kazuo Ishiguro
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