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Excerpt from Hillingdon Hall: Or the Cockney Squire; A Tale of Country Life The Author of this work will not trespass on the indulgence of the reader, in the way of preface, further than to say that the agricultural portion of it is not meant to discourage improvement, but to... Read Full Overview

Written in 1845, this satire follows the lovable cockney grocer Jorrocks, and takes a stab at the upper-class fox hunting gentry of the day.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Hillingdon Hall Or The Cockney Squire: A Tale Of Country Life is a novel written by Robert Smith Surtees and first published in 1888. The book tells the story of a wealthy London merchant named John Jorrocks, who buys a country estate called Hillingdon Hall in order to escape... Read Full Overview

Hillingdon Hall Or The Cockney Squire: A Tale Of Country Life is a novel written by Robert Smith Surtees and first published in 1888. The story is set in the English countryside and follows the life of a wealthy Londoner, Mr. Jorrocks, who inherits a country estate called Hillingdon... Read Full Overview

Hillingdon Hall Or The Cockney Squire: A Tale Of Country Life is a novel written by Robert Smith Surtees and first published in 1888. The story revolves around the life of a wealthy Londoner named Jack Brag, who inherits a country estate called Hillingdon Hall. Jack, who is known... Read Full Overview

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