Project Gutenberg 2000-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 167 Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business Or, Private Abuses, Public Grievances; Exemplified in the Pride, Insolence, and Exorbitant Wages of Our Women, Servants, Footmen, &c. Transcribed from the 1889 George Bell & Sons edition by David Price "Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business" by Daniel Defoe, is a satirical pamphlet published in the early 18th century. This work critiques the societal issues of the time, focusing particularly on the attitudes and behaviors of domestic servants and their demand for increasingly exorbitant wages. Defoe highlights the consequences of such a trend on households and society at large, signaling a concern for the decline of established norms and the resulting public grievances. The pamphlet outlines a detailed complaint regarding the pride and insolence of maidservants, who have raised their wages to unsustainable levels, thus burdening their employers. Defoe posits that this behavior has led to wider societal issues, as these servants not only undermine household authority but also set poor examples for the youth. He suggests potential reforms to regulate servant behavior, limit wages, and establish standards of dress to distinguish between servants and their employers. Through biting humor and social commentary, Defoe addresses the need for legislative measures to rectify these perceived abuses, advocating for a more orderly and respectful society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Working class HD Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 68940 68843 2024-09-01T11:55:05.996488 2023-10-01T10:47:33.113897 text/html text/html 64189 2020-12-31T14:47:46 text/html 24956 2020-12-31T14:47:46 text/html application/zip 79079 2024-09-01T11:55:09.281445 application/epub+zip 77962 2024-09-01T11:55:07.260454 application/epub+zip 77963 2024-09-01T11:55:06.468527 application/epub+zip 243755 2024-09-01T11:55:10.844438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236129 2024-09-01T11:55:08.759435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98834 2022-09-01T13:29:45.948784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63087 63039 2024-09-01T11:55:05.811460 2023-10-01T10:47:32.951904 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 62866 2020-12-31T14:47:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24377 2020-12-31T14:47:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18307 2024-09-01T11:55:11.134448 application/rdf+xml 19627 2024-09-01T11:55:06.814465 image/jpeg 4206 2024-09-01T11:55:06.640460 image/jpeg 81297 2024-09-01T11:55:06.004458 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Johnson, Charles