This book will turn out to be one the best gifts youll ever get. Jeromes witty ramblings are the funniest you will ever read. Mark Twain comes close to Jeromes style but is a poor second. Jerome finds humor in the commonplace and the every day occurrences which all of us, even a good 100 years later, can identify with.Starting with his self-diagnosis of every ailment, excepting house-maids knee, to his singular insights into his friends, self, and surroundings; you will never tire ...

George, Harris, Jerome and Montmorency, a fox terrier, are spending an evening smoking and discussing illnesses they fancy they suffer from. They conclude they are all overworked and need a holiday. The three decide on a boating holiday up the River Thames. Initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, the humour and witty adventures transformed the story into once of the most admirable comic novels of all times.

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow.This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Jerome K. Jerome, which is now, at last, again available to you.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow:The gentleman who, when I was young, bathed me at wisdoms font for n...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Three Men on the Bummel.This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Jerome K. Jerome, which is now, at last, again available to you.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Three Men on the Bummel:Three men need change-Anecdote showing evil result of deception-Moral cowardice of George-Ha...

Jerome Klapka Jerome's Three Men on The Bummel is a story about three friends who embark on a journey of self-discovery. The story follows the friends as they travel through different parts of Europe, exploring new cultures and learning about themselves along the way. The story is humorous and heartwarming, and provides readers with an insightful look into the human condition.

Jerome. K. Jerome allows us to laugh, with and at, both himself and ourselves in his writing. As we peruse his “Idle Thoughts” on subjects ranging from babies to ambition, from dogs to poverty, we find that the dust of over a hundred years have not dimmed the mirror in which we look.Jerome, as in his other comic works presents a seeming stream of consciousness that can shift in a moment from the ridiculous to the sublime, from self-deprecation to intense longing.Such “Idle ...

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, 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, 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 undate...

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and OxfordThe 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 u...

J. and his two friends, George and Harris, decide to take a short holiday to escape the stress of their everyday lives, and so the three companions—along with a fox terrier named Montmorency—embark on a leisure tour up the Thames River, travelling from Kingston to Oxford, and musing about their lives and their trip.Three Men in a Boat is generally accepted as a work of humour due to the amusing anecdotes the three men relate during their trip up the Thames. However, author...

St. Jerome composed this essay against Helvidius, who stated that because the gospels mentioned Christ as having “sisters” and “brethren” the Virgin Mary must have had more children from Joseph her husband. In response Jerome asserts three propositions against Helvidius: 1) That Joseph was only putatively, not really, the husband of Mary. 2) That the “brethren” of the Lord were his cousins, not his own brethren. 3) That virginity is better than the married state.

Three Men in a Boat was meant to be a serious travel guide to the Thames, between Kingston and Oxford. Instead, it is one of the wittiest, funniest fictional jaunts down a river ever written. The three men are based on author Jerome and two of his friends. The dog "developed out of that area of inner consciousness which, in all Englishmen, contains an element of the dog."

Jerome K. Jerome is rightly famed for his peerless work of comic genius 'Three Men in a Boat', and it's hugely successful sequel, 'Three Men on the Bummel', but beyond these two titles, much of his other work is now forgotten. This comprehensive collection contains the complete works of this hilarious and talented author, incorporating fiction, drama and essays and observances, as well as the Autobiography of the author. Rich with humour and insight, collections of essays s...