Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Everyman's Library) - Softcover

Jerome, Jerome K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0460870289 ISBN 13: 9780460870283

Publisher: Everymans Library, 1991

Synopsis

More than 100 years after its first appearance, Jerome K. Jerome's classic account of an eccentric journey up the Thames by rowboat, remains popular. The erratic progress of J. Harris, George and Montmorency the dog won immediate approval of Londoners, while readers all over the world saw THREE MEN IN A BOAT as a key to the British character. The project, which began as an attempt to promote pleasure boating, became one of the greatest comedy turns of Victorian literature -- a timeless classic to be read again and again.

"One of the happiest examples of how serendipity can transform humdrum into pure delight." (Publisher's Source)

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Jerome K Jerome was born in Walsall in Staffordshire, England in 1859. He was the youngest of the four children of Jerome Clapp Jerome, who was a preacher and architect. His first work was On the Stage and Off, published in 1885. This novel, and the play Barbara, are inspired by his experiences in the theatre. This was followed by several plays, books and magazine articles. He is best known for his comic rendition of a boating holiday taken by three friends, Three Men in a Boat. The story is loosely based on his own various experiences of boating on the Thames. The three men are a fictionalised representations of Jerome himself, and two of his friends, George Wingrave and Carl Hentschel. He followed this up with a sequel, Three Men in a Bummel, but this was not as popular as the first book, which has become one of the most well-loved books of all time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Everymans Library
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460870289
• ISBN 13: 9780460870283
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178