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Three Men in a Boat

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First published: 1889
Pages: 270

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What was meant to be a straightforward travel guide to the Thames became, in Jerome K. Jerome's hands, one of the funniest books in English. Three hypochondriac friends, convinced that overwork is ruining their health, decide a fortnight rowing from Kingston to Oxford is just the tonic, and they set off with the fox terrier Montmorency and a great deal of misplaced confidence. Tin openers defeat them, the weather betrays them, and packing collapses into farce, while Jerome keeps breaking off for absurd anecdotes and mock-solemn musings on the river's history. Written in 1889, it has never gone out of print, and its comic timing still feels startlingly modern. A free PDF and EPUB edition is available here.

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Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels.