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Delphi Complete Works of R. S. Surtees (Illustrated)

by R. S. Surtees
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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 Horseman's 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 Novels

    Handley Cross

    Hillingdon Hall

    Hawbuck Grange

    Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour

    Ask Mamma

    Plain or Ringlets

    Mr Facey Romford's Hounds

    Young Tom Hall's Heart-aches and Horses

    The Shorter Fiction

    Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities

    Mr. Jorrocks

    The Non-Fiction

    The Horseman's Manual

    Hints to Railway Travellers

    Nimrod

    Fox-Hunting

    Fox-Hunting in Past and Present Times

    Thoughts on Fortune-Hunting

    The Biography

    Brief Biography: R. S. Surtees by Thomas Seccombe

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    • OverDrive Read
    • EPUB ebook

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    Languages

    • English