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Robert Smith Surtees

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Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer.

Books

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Robert Smith Surtees
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross; Or, The Spa Hunt
Handley Cross; Or, The Spa Hunt
Robert Smith Surtees
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Robert Smith Surtees
Hints to Railway Travellers, and Country Visitors to London
Hints to Railway Travellers, and Country Visitors to London
Robert Smith Surtees
Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities
Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross
Handley Cross
Robert Smith Surtees, Author of Mr. Sponge's sporting tour
Handley Cross, Vol. 3 of 3
Handley Cross, Vol. 3 of 3
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross, Vol. 1
Handley Cross, Vol. 1
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross, Vol. 2 of 3
Handley Cross, Vol. 2 of 3
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross; or, the Spa hunt, by the author of 'Jorrocks' jaunts and jollities'.
Handley Cross; or, the Spa hunt, by the author of 'Jorrocks' jaunts and jollities'.
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross
Handley Cross
Robert Smith Surtees
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Robert Smith Surtees, Facey Romford
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross, Or, Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt
Handley Cross, Or, Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt
Robert Smith Surtees
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Robert Smith Surtees
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
Robert Smith Surtees
Mr. Romford's Hounds
Mr. Romford's Hounds
Robert Smith Surtees
Handley Cross
Handley Cross
Robert Smith Surtees
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities
Robert Smith Surtees

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