# Prefatory Note explained — Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man

> Chapter companion for Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon.

## What happens

The author provides a brief explanatory preface for the first single-volume edition of the Memoirs, noting the composition dates of each volume and stating that the work is intended to be self-explanatory.

## Key lines

> I have been asked to write an explanatory preface to these Memoirs, on the occasion of their first appearance in a single volume.

The author was requested to provide a preface for the first combined edition of the memoirs.

_Sets the context for the prefatory note as a response to a request for explanation._

> From the first word to the last I have tried to make these Memoirs explain themselves as they go along. No further explanations are possible, or, in my opinion, necessary.

The author intended the memoirs to be self-explanatory and believes no additional commentary is needed.

_Expresses the author's philosophy that the narrative should stand on its own._

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