What the Butler Saw: Two Hundred And Fifty Years of the Servant Problem - Couverture souple

Turner, E. S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141390832 ISBN 13 : 9780141390833

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2001

Synopsis

This is a lively foray into a world where a gentleman with £2,000 a year was betraying his class if he did not employ six females and five males; where a lady could go to the grave without ever having picked up a nightdress, carried her prayer bookor made a pot of tea. It is the story of the housekeeper and the butler, the cook, the lady's maid, the valet and the coachman. Their duties are described in detail, and the story is told of the strife and even pitched battles that ensued between servants and the served. Here is social history from a fascinating angle, packed with droll information lightly handled, with many a moral for our own times.

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À propos de l?auteur

E S Turner is the author of several light-hearted yet scholarly social histories, including THE SHOCKING HISTORY OF ADVERTISING and BOYS WILL BE BOYS.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0141390832
• ISBN 13: 9780141390833
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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