Hints to servants : being a poetical and modernised version of Dean Swift's…
"Hints to servants: being a poetical and modernised version of Dean Swift's celebrated 'Directions to Servants;'" by an Upper Servant is a comedic collection of advice and observations targeting household staff, written in the early 19th century. This book reinterprets Dean Swift's original work, adapting it to contemporary contexts of the time while preserving its humorous and satirical undertones. The likely topic of the book revolves around the behaviors and quirks of
different types of servants, offering tongue-in-cheek guidance on their duties and interactions with employers. The content of the book is structured as a series of poetic segments focusing on various types of servants, such as the Butler, Cook, Valet, and Housekeeper, among others. Each section mixes clever wordplay and humorous insights, revealing the often comical dynamics between servants and their masters. For example, the Butler is depicted as a cunning figure managing wine and hospitality with a mix of efficiency and deception, while the Cook shares her secrets for culinary success alongside her less-than-honest practices. Through witty verses, the book highlights the absurdities of servant life and the social hierarchies of the time, allowing readers a lighthearted glimpse into the world behind closed doors. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Jones, John, 1774- |
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| Author | Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 |
| Illustrator | Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874 |
| Title | Hints to servants : being a poetical and modernised version of Dean Swift's celebrated "Directions to servants;" in which something is added to the original text, but those passages are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a kitchen |
| Note | Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Contents | The butler -- The cook -- The valet -- The waiting-woman -- The footman -- The housekeeper -- The chambermaid -- The porter -- The housemaid -- The steward -- The groom -- The coachman -- The nursery maid -- The dairy-maid -- The wet nurse -- The laundress -- The governess -- General rules. |
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Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Parodies, imitations, etc. |
| Subject | Household employees -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 46760 |
| Release Date | Sep 3, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 107 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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