Market Harborough (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: George J. Whyte-Melville
- First Published: 1861
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Sporting romance
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: John Standish Sawyer, Isaac, The Honorable Crasher, Cecilia Dove, Parson Dove, Tiptop
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Manners or customs, England or English people, Farms, farmers, or farming, Hunting or hunters, Horses, Racing, Horsemanship
- Locales: England
The Story:
John Standish Sawyer, a hard-riding, fox-hunting country gentleman whose farm lay not far from London, decided one fall afternoon that he had too little and too poor hunting in his own country. He also wished to show himself off as a horseman and hunter among a better class of hunters than those in his own vicinity. That evening, the bachelor sat in his study alone; he tried to decide, with the help of numerous glasses of brandy and water, what hunting community he would visit during the remainder of the season. He finally decided that he would go to Market...
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