Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (Annotated)

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour is a richly comic panorama of mid-Victorian hunting society, following the opportunistic Mr. Sponge as he moves from one country-house invitation to another in pursuit of sport, comfort, and social advantage. Published in 1853, the novel combines picaresque structure, satirical dialogue, and sporting detail with the exuberant caricature later enhanced by John Leech's ill...