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A pair of linked stories follows an English sporting gentleman who travels to the shires and becomes involved in hunting, racing, and local social life; vivid sketches of stableroom characters, horse-dealing, hunts, a race and a match, and rural entertainments reveal customs and rivalries among country squires and grooms. The narrative alternates comic portraiture and action scenes — rides, a leaky wet night, a ball, competitions and bargains — while exploring devotion to horses, the codes of sport, and provincial manners. Episodes center on Mr. Sawyer and other personalities whose foibles and loyalties shape a lively depiction of equestrian culture and small-town social hierarchies.

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Title: Market Harborough, and Inside the Bar

Author: G. J. Whyte-Melville

Illustrator: John Charlton

Release date: March 28, 2018 [eBook #56862]

Language: English

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Market Harborough


“‘It’s open I think,’ remarked the Honourable.”


Market Harborough
and
Inside the Bar
By
G. J. Whyte-Melville
Author of “Sarchedon,” “Cerise,” “Black but Comely,” etc.
Illustrated by John Charlton
London
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
New York and Melbourne