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Synopsis
Jerome K. Jerome's classic collection of comedic essays is presented here for the absorption and enjoyment of the reader.
It was this book of essays which put Jerome on the map as a humorist. The subjects of each are mainly subjected to witty contemplation, with serious subjects such as love, infant children, depression and sustenance receiving this treatment in Jerome's keynote amusing style. Each subject is dealt with plainly and frankly, with the author making no claim to serious insight or as a sort of oracle for solutions.
The frankness of tone was refreshing for a late Victorian audience - in the decades preceding its publication, prose writing of all forms had tended towards being wordy or flowery. Jerome largely goes against the grain in this book, which to this day reads more like a barbed yet incisive newspaper commentary than a book aspiring toward ideals of romantic, aesthetic and descriptive beauty.
For its tone, the book itself attained influence over many columnists and publicists of the day. It directly inspired the title of The Idler magazine, which was a popular periodical for decades to follow. Jerome himself experienced a surge of interest in his literary efforts, and this enthusiasm led to his writing his most famous work - Three Men in a Boat.
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About the Author
Jerome Klapka Jerome is best known for his humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), a humorous novel about a trip up the Thames. Jerome was brought up in poverty in London, but the publication of Three Men in a Boat in 1889 made him instantly rich and famous. Later in life, he was popular as a lecturer and was hired in preference to Kipling to be editor of The Idler in 1892. During World War I, he volunteered as an ambulance driver.
Review
"This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot consciously recommend it for any useful purpose whatever. All I suggest is that when you get tired of reading 'the best hundred books', you may take this up for half an hour. It will be a change!"
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