Editing Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (section)

==Plot==
The story is a series of episodes in the youth of George Sherston, ranging from his first attempts to learn to ride to his experiences in winning [[point-to-point racing|point-to-point races]].  The title is somewhat misleading, as the book is mainly concerned with a series of landmark events in Sherston/Sassoon's childhood and youth, and his encounters with various comic characters. "The Flower-Show Match", an account of an annual village cricket match – an important fixture for those involved – in which young Sherston plays a significant part, was later published separately by Faber as a self-contained story.<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL16425056M/flower_show_match_and_other_pieces Open Library]</ref>  The book as a whole is a frequently humorous work, in which [[fox-hunting]], one of Sassoon's major interests, comes to represent the young man's innocent frame of mind in the years before war broke out.  The book ends with his enlistment in a local regiment, the Sussex Yeomanry, and his subsequent transfer, with a commission, to the Flintshire Fusiliers, a battalion of the Royal Welsh which was sent to France.  The story is continued in two sequels: ''[[Memoirs of an Infantry Officer]]'' and ''[[Sherston's Progress]]''.