Directions to Servants  -  Jonathan Swift

KORTE INHOUD

"Directions to Servants" is one of Jonathan Swift's last completed works. It displays all his caustic skill as a satirist and his unerring eye for the little annoyances of life. Taking the form of a handbook of manners, and addressed to each servant individually, "Directions to Servant"s is 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. His servants are lazy, profligate, and acquisitiv...
1995 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1995 Uitgever: Syrens 81 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0140389148 ISBN-13: 9780140389142