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R.S. Surtees was born in 1805 in County Durham, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Mr. John Jorrocks (1966).He was married to Elizabeth Jane Fenwick. He died in 1864 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
Whatever personal qualities the lovable Jorrocks displayed, he is preeminently a comic figure, in many ways reminiscent of Mr. Pickwick, who made his appearance five years after Jorrocks. It is inconceivable that when he began to write of the adventures of the Pickwickians, Dickens had not read the Jorrocks pieces in the New Sporting Magazine.
Appears in 31 books from 1816-2006. Page 476 - Unting is all that's worth living for - all time is lost wot is not spent in 'unting — it is like the hair we breathe - if we have it not we die - it's the sport of kings, the image of war without its guilt, and only five-and-twenty per cent of its danger. Appears in 106 books from 1809-2007.
Created by John Leech, these fantastic works of art are both life-like and exceedingly funny. Whether it's depicting Pigg landing in a cucumber frame or Jorrocks fleeing from an angry bull, they are perhaps the best illustration to grace any book. They certainly suit the Surtees unique blend of realism and humour. Negatives.
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Mr. John Jorrocks: Creato da R.S. Surtees. Con Jimmy Edwards, Angela Baddeley, Moyra Fraser, Robin Phillips. John Jorrocks is a down-to-earth cockney who suddenly gives up his job as a grocer to go and become the Squire in the village of Handley Cross.
Mr. John Jorrocks .. by Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864. Publication date 1903 Topics Fox hunting Publisher New York : Appleton Collection cdl; americana Contributor
