Everybody's business is nobody's business
2020·39 pages
1725 pamphlet critiquing exorbitant wages, insolence, and private abuses by domestic servants in England.
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1725 pamphlet critiquing exorbitant wages, insolence, and private abuses by domestic servants in England.
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Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business: Or, Private Abuses, Public Grievances Exemplified is a 1725 pamphlet by Daniel Defoe. It deals with the "exorbitant Wages of our Women, Servants, Footmen". ... Defoe did not sign his name to the majority of his works.Includes a biography of the author
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mentions of servants bearing illegitimate children and seducing masters.
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation depicted.
Religious content
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Brief moral references to soul and family ruin.
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft depicted.
Occult / demonology
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No occult content depicted.
Political content
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Central focus on labor relations, servant wages, and class grievances.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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References to family ruin, illegitimate children, and servant misconduct.
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