Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

by Siegfried Sassoon

Overview

British army officer on the Western Front during WW1 recalls his youth as a rural gentry lad interested only in horses, cricket matches and fox-hunting. A delightful tale of Victorian England which received the Huntington Prize in 1928.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931541701
Publisher:	Simon Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) was a poet and novelist whose novels include the James Tait Black Award–winning Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. He is recognized as one of the great poets of World War I and one of the war’s most influential opponents.

Paul Fussell (1925–2012) was a writer, editor, and historian whose experiences in World War II led to his writing the award-winning classic The Great War and Modern Memory. He was also the editor of the collection Sassoon’s Long Journey.

What People are Saying About This

Angus Wilson

"The essence of Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is neither historical no exotic; it is one of the most subtle and moving narratives of a youth's education in life, of the gradual breakdown of an ego centric universe that is happy, innocent and hopeless." -- The Observer