Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel
Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel
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Published:
25 November, 1999
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Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. Three Men in a Boat was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and proved so popular that Jerome reunited his now older - but not necessarily wiser - heroes in Three Men on the Bummel, for a picaresque bicycle tour of Germany. With their benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', both novels hilariously capture the spirit of their age.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780140437508 |
| ISBN10 | 0140437509 |
| Number Of Pages | 400 |
| Item Weight | 280 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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Jerome K Jerome (1859-1927) became an actor and published a couple of volumes of humorous pieces and light essays about the theatre. He achieved lasting fame with THREE MEN IN A BOAT. He later went on to become one of the founders of the humorous magazine, The Idler, and continued to write articles and plays.
Jeremy Lewis has recently written a biography of Cyril Connolly and has edited the Raffles books.