Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities

Name: Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
Author: Robert Smith Surtees

The collection presents a series of comic sketches centered on a bombastic, convivial city sportsman whose zeal for field sport propels episodic adventures: fox‑hunting with suburban packs, shooting and racecourse escapades, seaside amusements, cross‑channel visits, and a boisterous dinner party. Each chapter offers lively set pieces of sporting mishaps, social misunderstandings, and self‑important boasting, combining farce and affectionate satire to lampoon urban affectations of sporting culture while celebrating communal revelry and the pleasures of boastful storytelling.

By Robert Smith Surtees

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Robert Smith Surtees

Robert Smith Surtees was an English novelist and sporting writer, celebrated for his humorous depictions of country life and the sporting gentry in 19th-century England. His most notable works include "Ask Mamma"; or, The Richest Commoner In England, which showcases his wit and keen observation of social manners, and Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities, a beloved comic novel featuring the character Jorrocks, a quintessential English sporting man. Surtees' writing is characterized by its lively narrative style and rich characterizations, making significant contributions to the genre of sporting literature.