Three Men in a Boat |
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Author:
| K. Jerome, Jerome |
ISBN: | 979-8-4396-5136-8 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2022 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) published in 1889 is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most...
More DescriptionThree Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) published in 1889 is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers the jokes have been praised as fresh and witty.