Directions to Servants

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a prolific writer, poet and essayist whose celebrated fantasy Gulliver's Travels established him as one of the greatest satirists in English literary history. Klappentext 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. Written towards the end of his writing career and published posthumously, this pamphlet shows Swift - who was himself known to be strict but fair to his own servants, as illustrated in the Appendix to this volume - at his witty and mischievous best. Zusammenfassung 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. It takes a caustic and irreverent look at master-servant relations.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jonathan Swift, Alexander Trocchi
• Edition: Alma Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 01.05.2017
• EAN: 9781847496614
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-661-4
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 150 mm x 10 mm
• Thèmes: Quirky Classics; Alma Quirky Classics; Quirky Classics; Alma Quirky Classics
• Catégorie: Littérature > Bandes dessinées, dessin humoristique, humour, satire