Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Siegfried Sassoon
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social chronicle
- Time of Work: 1895-1916
- Setting: England and France
- Principal Characters: George Sherston, Aunt Evelyn, Tom Dixon, Denis Milden, Stephen Colwood, Mr. Pennett, Dick Tiltwood
- Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Manners or customs, England or English people, Death or dying, World War I, Money, Hunting or hunters, Sports, Horses, Racing, Horsemanship
- Locales: France, England
The Story:
George Sherston was orphaned so early that he could not remember when he had not lived with his Aunt Evelyn at Butley. At the age of nine, he became the possessor of a pony, bought at the urgent request of Aunt Evelyn’s groom, Tom Dixon. Aunt Evelyn would not let George go to school until he was twelve years old, and his early training was given to him by an incompetent tutor, Mr. Star. Dixon, however, taught him to ride, and he valued this training more highly than anything Mr. Star taught him. Because George’s early life was often lonely, he welcomed the...
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