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Hunting Sketches by Anthony Trollope is a collection of essays that explores the joys and challenges of fox hunting in the English countryside. The book is divided into six parts, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the sport. The first part provides an overview of... Read Full Overview

And there is much excellent good sense in the mode of riding adopted by such gentlemen. Some men ride for hunting, some for jumping, and some for exercise; some, no doubt, for all three of these things. Given a man with a desire for the latter, no taste for the second, and some... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Excerpthas to come to a decision For half an hour he lies doubting while his water is getting cold, and then sends for his man again. The thermometer is still standing at the point, but the man has tried the crust with his heel and found it to be very thin. The man who hunts... Read Full Overview

Hunting Sketches is a collection of short stories by the renowned British novelist, Anthony Trollope. The book features ten tales that revolve around the sport of fox hunting, a popular pastime in the English countryside during the Victorian era. The stories are set in various... Read Full Overview

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Trollopes classic work.

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. In 1867 Trollope left his position in the British Post Office... Read Full Overview