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Mr sponges sporting to.Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, . Robert Smith Surtees.The author gladly avails himself of the convenience of a Preface forstating, that it will be seen at the close of the work why he makes such acharacterless character as Mr. Sponge the hero of his tale

Mr sponges sporting to. Sponge the hero of his tale. He will be glad if it serves to put the rising generation on their guardagainst specious, promiscuous acquaintance, and trains them on to the noblesport of hunting, to the exclusion of its mercenary, ts.

It's an ungenerous world,' observed Sponge, 'and it's no use being abusedfor nothing. A sportsman or a sporting man?' asked Sponge

It's an ungenerous world,' observed Sponge, 'and it's no use being abusedfor nothing. What sort of a genius is Pacey? Is he inclined to go thepace?' 'Oh, quite,' replied Jack; 'his great desire is to be thought asportsman. A sportsman or a sporting man?' asked Sponge. W-h-o-y! I should say p'raps a sportin' man more than the sportsman,'replied Jack.

Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century

Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century. Surtees takes great pleasure in creating comic personalities and dialogue and resembles the later Pickwick Papers of Dickens, whose style may well have been influenced by Surtees. The story follows the eponymous Soapy Sponge, a Victorian freeloader and confidence trickster, who manages to work his way around the gentrified houses of southern England, fox-hunting as he goes. Summary by Kevin Green. This is a Librivox recording.

LibriVox recording of Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees. Read in English by Kevin Green. Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century. Surtees takes great pleasure in creating comic personalities and dialogue and resembles the later Pickwick Papers of Dickens, whose style may well have been influenced by Surtees

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Start by marking Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour (Nonsuch Classics . (Nonsuch Classics) as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. The "hero" Mr Sponge is a delight and the description of the other characters and ways of life. The description of the horses and their nasty nature and the toffs etc is brilliant. The main character's name is appropriate, as he tours around, sponging off his hosts, overstaying his welcome until his hosts are thoroughly sick of him - and he's thoroughly sick of his hosts.

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