Hunting SketchesReadHowYouWant.com, 2008 M09 27 - 76 pages A publication of 1865, Hunting Sketches by Anthony Trollope is a collection of essays discussing fox-hunting. The essays mostly comment on the motives behind hunting and the pleasures that arise form it. He further discusses the varying styles of hunting and which ones, according to him, are more successful. He further reflects on the psychology of a society in which, at times, people are forced to indulge in recreations that they otherwise do not enjoy. |
Contents
THE MAN WHO HUNTS AND DOESNT LIKE IT | 1 |
THE LADY WHO RIDES TO HOUNDS | 19 |
THE MAN WHO HUNTS AND NEVER JUMPS | 37 |
THE MASTER OF HOUNDS | 54 |
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