Project Gutenberg 2019-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 296 Mayhew, Augustus 1826 1875 Mayhew, Augustus Septimus Mayhew, Henry 1812 1887 Cruikshank, George 1792 1878 Cruickshank, George The Greatest Plague of Life: or, the Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Greatest Plague of Life: or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant" is a novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The narrative follows the life of a woman, referred to as Caroline, who is plagued by the difficulties of managing servants in her household. Her experiences serve as a commentary on domestic life and the challenges faced by women in that era. At the start of the book, the narrator introduces herself and her plight, detailing the stress and turmoil caused by ungrateful and incompetent servants during her marriage. After a series of unfortunate events that lead her family to seek solace in a boarding house, she decides to compile her experiences into a guide for young wives entering domestic life, hoping to prevent them from suffering as she has. The beginning vividly conveys her frustrations and aspirations, establishing a humorous yet poignant tone that sets the stage for her ensuing adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en English wit and humor Household employees PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 745781 2025-07-24T07:02:58.847295 text/html 731205 2024-10-17T14:20:08 text/html 1948443 2025-07-24T07:03:07.885274 application/epub+zip 1958501 2025-07-24T07:03:00.607329 application/epub+zip 359487 2025-07-24T07:02:59.697290 application/epub+zip 2161431 2025-07-24T07:03:13.603249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2104437 2025-07-24T07:03:06.930274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506351 2022-09-27T11:14:34.357515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 695683 2025-07-24T07:02:57.975314 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 675590 2024-10-17T14:20:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17878 2025-07-24T07:03:13.763230 application/rdf+xml 25228 2025-07-24T07:02:59.787294 image/jpeg 4027 2025-07-24T07:02:59.744292 image/jpeg 1722436 2025-07-24T07:02:58.955341 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia