Jerome K Jerome was born in 1859. He was an English humorist best known for this travelogue Three Men in A Boat. Three Men in a Boat is a humorous account of the holiday trip on the Thames from Kingston to Oxford. The book began as a serious work about the area andinteresting places along the route. The book's humorous style became dominant and the more serious sections are a small part of its worth. Three Men in a Boat contains timeless humor. The jokes are as funny today as they were 150 years ago.

Three Men on the Bummel is the story of a Victorian bicycle trip gone wrong - then wrong and wrong again! A group of British gentlemen attempt a cycling expedition in Germany's Black Forest. Confusion about the differences in language and culture get them into continual trouble, whether it's boarding a train, buying a present for an aunt, or simply trying to get safely from one place to another. Will they ever get back to their own lives - and will they really want to? Reprising the characters from Jerome's hugely popular Three Men in a Boat, this gently humorous book will delight anyone who...

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Jerome's delightful novel has kept readers smiling for years and his prose has found a perfect partner in Vic Reeves's witty illustrations, exclusive to Vintage Classics.
What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the river with your two best friends and faithful canine companion, Montmorency? However, as J. discovers, there is more to life on the waves than meets the eye -- including navigational challenges, culinary disasters, and heroic battles with swans, kettles and tins of pineapple.

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author's second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist.

Published in 1889, Three Men in a Boat is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers, the jokes seem fresh and witty even today.

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author's second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist.

Jerome K. Jerome was born in 1859. He was an English humorist best known for this travelogue Three Men in A Boat. Jerome decided to try his hand at acting, under the stage name Harold Crichton. He joined a repertory troupe, which had little money. The actors often had to use their own money to purchase costumes. Told After Supper are stories all taking place on Christmas Eve. The Introduction says All these things happen on Christmas Eve, they are all told of on Christmas Eve. For ghost stories to be told on any other evening than the evening of the twenty-fourth of December would be...

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J., Carl, George, and the dog Montmorency take a boat trip on the Thames in order to forestall the ill effects of overwork. As they navigate the stretch of river between Kingston upon Thames to Oxford, they have many entertaining adventures. Alternately anecdotal and descriptive, "Three Men in a Boat" has been translated into many languages and remains one of the most popular novels of all time.