Delphi Complete Works of R. S. Surtees (Illustrated) by R. S. Surtees
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Author:
R. S. Surtees
Category:
General Novel
ISBN:
9781786561176
Publisher:
PublishDrive Inc (Delphi Classics Ltd)
File Size:
47.26 MB
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Synopsis
The English comic novelist R. S. Surtees wrote sporting and satirical masterpieces, shining a light on the foibles and obsessions of early Victorian England. He created Mr. Jorrocks, one of the great comic characters of English literature, a Cockney grocer obsessed with fox hunting, whose various misadventures would go on to influence Dickens’ ‘The Pickwick Papers’. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Surtees’ complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Surtees’ life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* All 8 novels, with individual contents tables* Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Plain or Ringlets’ and ‘Hillingdon Hall’* The unfinished novel ‘Young Tom Hall’s Heart-aches and Horses’ — first time in digital print* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original Victorian texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Famous works are fully illustrated with John Leech’s stunning colour illustrations for the original monthly parts* Surtees’ rare non-fiction, including the seminal ‘The Horsemans Manual’ – available in no other collection* A bonus biography* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
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CONTENTS:
The NovelsHandley CrossHillingdon HallHawbuck GrangeMr Sponge’s Sporting TourAsk MammaPlain or RingletsMr Facey Romford’s HoundsYoung Tom Hall’s Heart-aches and Horses
The Shorter FictionJorrocks’ Jaunts and JollitiesMr. Jorrocks
The Non-FictionThe Horseman’s ManualHints to Railway TravellersNimrodFox-HuntingFox-Hunting in Past and Present TimesThoughts on Fortune-Hunting
The BiographyBrief Biography: R. S. Surtees by Thomas Seccombe
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