| Author: | R. S. Surtees | ISBN: | 9781411451209 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | April 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. S. Surtees |
| ISBN: | 9781411451209 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | April 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
John Jorrocks—a “renowned sporting citizen”—is the first character created by English comic writer Robert Smith Surtees. Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities is one of the author’s most celebrated and entertaining novels. A humorous narrative of the hunting, shooting, racing, sailing, and other “eccentric and extravagant” exploits of a good-natured sportsman and Cockney grocer.
John Jorrocks—a “renowned sporting citizen”—is the first character created by English comic writer Robert Smith Surtees. Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities is one of the author’s most celebrated and entertaining novels. A humorous narrative of the hunting, shooting, racing, sailing, and other “eccentric and extravagant” exploits of a good-natured sportsman and Cockney grocer.
