Essay On Maisie Dobbs

In the novel Maise Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, the main character, Maisie Dobbs, at the age of 13 becomes a domestic servant that works for Lord Julian and Lady Rowan where she blackened the fireplace, swept the floor, polished the furniture and ran errands for Lady Rowan. With Maisie only having one job she was able to move in with Lady Rowan and Lord Julian, other known as the Compton’s. In Maisie’s free time she took it upon herself to read some of the books that she had gotten from the library to further her knowledge. I have done my research and none of the domestic servants have said that they have once had free time to do other thing. In the novel Maisie Dobbs it fails to tell the true reality of domestic servants instead it shows

So Frankie Dobbs faked the horses being sick so that the horses which worked. Even before all this Maisie was the reason why Frankie her father got the job as being a caretaker to the horses. It seemed as though Frankie liked his job. Although Maise’s father had to wake up early to tend to the horses he did not complain about it. “ Frankie would be at the stable with Persephone from early hour, not as early as on the weekend, but early all the same” (Winspear 104). Mr. Frankie Dobbs had a steady schedule that he liked and he was able to make time to meet with his daughter Maisie whenever she visited. According to article called Women in first war Britain: Exploitation revolt and betrayal servants that lived outside of their home were paid more and the workers did work long hours from dawn to day. Unlike others Frankie Dobbs basically worked early mornings and midday that could be because of the position he carried because most men were sent into war so there were not many men working as domestic