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.
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Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864) was an English novelist and editor. His humorous pieces first appeared in New Sporting Magazine, which he helped found. These pieces were later published as Jorrocks’ Jaunts and Jollities and were so popular that Surtees published several more Jorricks novels, among other works.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 280 ● ISBN 9781411451209 ● Dimensione 0.5 MB ● Età 99-17 anni ● Casa editrice Barnes & Noble ● Pubblicato 2011 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5863648 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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