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Informationen zum Autor Irish clergyman and satirist Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) is best remembered for his philosophical parody Gulliver's Travels. Journalist and political correspondent Colm Toibin is one of Ireland's leading contemporary writers. His most recent novel is the Booker-shortlisted The Blackwater Lightship. Klappentext "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 acquisitive--always on the lookout for a shilling to be made on the sale of leftovers, or a half-bottle of wine to share with the cook. Written in Swift's final years of sanity, "Directions to Servants" is a last hilarious outpouring of cynicism at a lifetime's accumulation of poor service. Irish clergyman and satirist Jonathan Swift is best remembered for his philosophical parody "Gulliver's Travels." Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Colm Toibin; Directions to :; 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; Notes; Note on the text; Biographical note
