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Directions to Servants is a satirical and humorous essay by Jonathan Swift. Swift is known to have been working on it in 1731, though it was not published until after his death in 1745. The first few chapters are much more developed than the later ones, and it appears that the work was unfinished and uncorrected at Swift's death.
16 de jan. de 2020 · Internet Archive. Language. English. x, 78 p. ; 20 cm. "Foreword by Colm Tóibı́n"--Cover. All servants in general -- The butler -- The cook -- The footman -- The coachman -- The groom -- The house steward and land steward -- The porter -- The chambermaid -- The waiting-maid -- The housemaid -- The dairymaid -- The children's maid ...
8 de mar. de 2022 · Swift's directions to servants. by. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 author. Publication date. 1798. Topics. Household employees -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800, Household employees -- Humor, Household employees. Publisher. London : Printed for J. Nunn, No. 48, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
28 de jul. de 2021 · The directions to Servants is evidently an unfinished performance; some parts of it containing merely rough outlines. Mr. Faulkner , who printed it in 1745, observes, "it may be seen from scattered papers, wherein were given hints for a dedication and preface, and a list of all degrees of servants, that the author intended to have ...
Taking the form of a handbook of manners, and addressed to each servant individually, Directions to Servants is the ultimate upstairs/downstairs battle. With scathing wit, Swift pits master...
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- Hesperus, 2003
A tongue-in-cheek manual on how servants should cope with the demands of their masters and perform their tasks in ways that will best satisfy their indolence, wastefulness and greed, Directions to Servants takes a caustic and irreverent look at master-servant relations.
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