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Handley Cross (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Surtees' novel features his great comic creation, the cockney grocer and sportsman Jorrocks. A series of incidents in the life of Jorrocks, the novel is without plotbut includes …
Ask Momma: Or the Richest Commoner in England
Ask Mamma (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
The following story does not involve the complication of a plot. So states the preface, setting the tone for the humorous tale that follows. The Victorian novel tells of two …
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
This vintage book contains Robert Smith Surtees' 1849 novel, "e;Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour"e;. Light-hearted and wonderfully written, this volume follows Mr. Sponge, a …
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Delphi Complete Works of R. S. Surtees (Illustrated)
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. …
Plain or Ringlets? (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Here is another of Surteess comic novelsthis one sure to delight with its captivating portrait of Victorian absurdity. Renowned for his entertaining insight into the foibles of …
Mr Facey Romford's Hounds
Facey is a trickster who takes advantage of society's greed and gullibility, and gets away with it. This brisk, entertaining novel is the sequel to Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
The hero of this classic novel of English humor is Soapey Sponge, whose game is fox hunting and fortune hunting. With its delightful surprise ending, this humorous novel leaves a …
The Analysis of the Hunting Field: Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Facey Romford is often mistaken for a wealthy man of the same name. He decides to capitalize on the case of mistaken identity and becomes Master of Hounds of the Heavyside Hunt, …