Author: Robert Smith Surtees
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385113431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities: Being the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks
Author: Robert Smith Surtees
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385113431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385113431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Delphi Complete Works of R. S. Surtees (Illustrated)
Author: R. S. Surtees
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1786561174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3867
Book Description
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 Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles 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 Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1786561174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3867
Book Description
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 Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles 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 Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities
Author: Robert Smith Surtees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities
Author: Robert Smith Surtees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fox hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fox hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S., Sometime President of the Royal Society and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Author: Robert John Strutt Baron Rayleigh
Publisher: New York : Longmans, Gree & Company ; London : E. Arnold & Company
ISBN:
Category : Physicists
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Longmans, Gree & Company ; London : E. Arnold & Company
ISBN:
Category : Physicists
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Romance of Plant Hunting
Author: Francis Kingdon Ward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Imperialist
Author: Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher: Copp Clark Company
ISBN:
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher: Copp Clark Company
ISBN:
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Dollars and Democracy
Author: Philip Burne-Jones
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429005424
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The painter, son of Edward Burne-Jones, offers a verbal picture of America, mostly of New York.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429005424
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The painter, son of Edward Burne-Jones, offers a verbal picture of America, mostly of New York.
Butternut Jones
Author: Tilden Tilford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914
Author: Gordon Norton Ray
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486269559
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Combines essays, bibliographical descriptions, and 295 illustrations to chronicle a golden era in the art of the illustrated book. Artists range from Blake, Turner, Rowlandson, and Morris to Caldecott, Greenaway, Beardsley, and Rackham.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486269559
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Combines essays, bibliographical descriptions, and 295 illustrations to chronicle a golden era in the art of the illustrated book. Artists range from Blake, Turner, Rowlandson, and Morris to Caldecott, Greenaway, Beardsley, and Rackham.