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Walden by Henry David Thoreau
(www.gutenberg.org)
Live better, with less
Ideas and inspiration for living more simply. A place to share tips on living with less stuff, work, speed, or stress in return for gaining more freedom, time, self-reliance, and joy.
Entirely possible I'm misremembering something I read for class as far as housekeepers, but chances are strong that he sent out his laundry, because laundry was heavy work.
He didn't need a housekeeper, because his mother did his laundry and brought him food.
lol, even better