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.
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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 ...
When J. the narrator, George, Harris and Montmorency the dog set off on their hilarious misadventures, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts, imaginary illnesses, butter pats and tins of pineapple chunks. Denounced as vulgar by the literary establishment, Three Men in a Boat nevertheless caught the spirit of the times. The expansion of education and the increase in office workers created a new mass readership, and Jerome's book was especially popular among the 'clerking classes' who longed to be 'free from that fretful haste,...
When J. the narrator, George, Harris and Montmorency the dog set off on their hilarious misadventures, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie a...
Three men and a dog decide to head for a restful vacation on the Thames. Anticipating peace and leisure, they encounter, in fact, the joys of roughing it, of getting their boat stuck in locks, of being towed by amateurs, of having to eat their own cooking and, of course, of coping with the glorious English weather.
Three men and a dog decide to head for a restful vacation on the Thames. Anticipating peace and leisure, they encounter, in fact, the joys of roughing...
In an attempt to escape the stresses of city life, three friends and their faithful canine companion take a boating jaunt from Kingston to Oxford. However, their relaxing trip quickly becomes a comedic journey, with death-defying battles with swans, culinary disasters and contrary tea kettles just a few of the challenges facing the trio along the way.
In an attempt to escape the stresses of city life, three friends and their faithful canine companion take a boating jaunt from Kingston to Oxford. How...