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Directions to servants /

"Directions to Servants takes the form of a handbook of manners, addressed to each servant in turn, and depicting what must be the ultimate upstairs/downstairs battle. With scathing wit, Swift pits master against servant in an endless struggle for order, frugality and the best bits of the roast...

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Main Author: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Hesperus, 2003.
Series:100 pages
Subjects and Genres:
Household employees > Humor > Early works to 1800.
Employés de maison > Humour > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Household employees.
Wit and Humor
Early works to 1800.
humor.
Early works.
Humor.
Humour.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • The nurse
  • The laundress
  • The housekeeper
  • The tutoress or governess.

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