Jerome K. Jerome

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome was first published in 1889. It is the fictional story of three London friends and a dog taking a leisurely boat trip up the River Thames, from Kingston-upon-Thames to Oxford. It is narrated by 'J.', whose companions are George (awarded no surname), William Samuel Harris and the dog, Montmorency. During a sociable evening in J.'s room, the three men convince themselves that they each have various illnesses. Their collective diagnosis is overwork, and they prescribe themselves a fortnight's holiday. A stay in the country and a sea voyage are both ruled out, and they settle instead on a boating trip, travelling on the Thames by day and camping out in the hired boat at night. They set out the following Saturday. George must work in the City in the morning, and so arranges to join them later that day. The other two, accompanied by the dog and a mountain of luggage, get a cab to Waterloo station, but are unable to find the correct train to Kingston. Eventually they bribe the driver of another train to take them there instead, one of the many humorous set-pieces that make the book more than a straightforward travelogue. George completes the trio at Weybridge, with a dubious-looking parcel tucked under his arm, which turns out to be a banjo and instruction book. The story is a tapestry of incidents that occur, anecdotes on various topics (including the unreliability of weather forecasts), loosely connected digressions (such as J.'s uncle's inability to hang pictures), and descriptive pieces on the places that they pass. It is in these descriptive pieces that the author's original intention of writing a guidebook is most apparent. What he actually achieved was a classic of British humorous writing. Although the book was written over a century ago, it has an enduring, timeless quality Jerome Klapka Jerome says Jerome K. Jerome was born in Walsall (Staffordshire), England, May 2, 1859 and died in Northampton (Northamptonshire, England) June 14, 1927, is a British writer of humorous novels, best known for his book three men in a boat (1889). Biography edit - modify the code] Jerome Klapka Jerome was the fourth child of Jerome Clapp (who changed his name Jerome Clapp Jerome), a hardware store and Protestant lay preacher and Margaret Jones: subsequent change of the "Clapp" Jerome Clapp Jerome son in "Klapka" seems inspired by the surname of Klapka, General Hungarian exile in England. The family in easy start, slipping into poverty and debt; as a result of poor investments in a coal mine, the paternal business collapse when he was only two years. Hating school, he fustigera repeatedly methods in his books, Jerome K. Jerome leaves at fourteen, because fatherless at the age of thirteen, and mother at the age of fifteen it must provide itself with its needs, and be thwarted in his ambitions for political or literary career. It then connects the small jobs: it collects for four years coal fell beside the tracks for the London and North Western Railway and journalist, actor and teacher. He however Household time for writing. His first book, On and off stage, was published in 1885 and will be followed by many other books, plays and newspaper articles. In 1886 appear Lazy Thoughts of a lazy, its first small success. But it is mainly Three Men in a Boat, published in 1889, that he became known to the public. The success is such that an estimated approximately one million pirated copies circulating in the world at the time. This book remains the best known of Jerome K. Jerome. However, it will never meet the critical success. Max Beerbohm say especially that he is a "writer of tenth order that floods us with his tenth-rate products," even as Harrowsmith editor reeling under the effect of the application, saying sarcastically that the public must surely "eat the books."

As they relax after dinner on Christmas Eve, the members of a family and their guests turn to telling ghost stories. These ghoulish accounts range from the melancholy to the macabre, and get increasingly bizarre as the ghosts leap out of the tales and make an appearance in the family’s home. Fact and fiction, the real and unreal collide, until the reader is not sure who is haunting whom. A masterful work of comic horror, Jerome K. Jerome’s After-Supper Ghost Stories is a witty look at why Christmas Eve is so perfect for ghost stories and why ghosts love the Yuletide season.

Trois amis, J r me, George et Harris, entreprennent un voyage sur la Tamise. Apr s de minutieux pr paratifs, ils s'embarquent sur un canot avec leur chien Montmorency. Le r cit de cette escapade fluviale et touristique, de Londres Oxford, est le pr texte des anecdotes assez cocasses. L'auteur profite aussi de cette aventure pour passer en revue tous les grands probl mes de la civilisation et du comportement humain...

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The book takes the form of imaginary conversations between the writer and a number of un-named characters at the afternoon tea table. The Woman of the World, the Old Maid, the Girton Girl, the Philosopher and the Minor Poet wax lyrical on subjects like marriage, art, society and politics. Frequently they appear to prefer the sound of their own voice to that of others. Also by Jerome K Jerome: 1. Three Men in a Boat https: //www.createspace.com/6391854 2. Three Men on the Bummel https: //www.createspace.com/6434238 3. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow https: //www.createspace.com/6390756

You Are in for a Humor Treat Again In this book we revisit the old friends introduced in Three Men in a Boat (Originally conceived as a fairly serious guide to amateur boating on the Thames in 1889, this Jerome K. Jerome's novel ended up as a hilarious account of the misadventures of three friends and a dog as they attempt to relax and enjoy themselves amid unreliable weather forecasts, imaginary illnesses, repellent cooking, and an unopenable can of pineapple chunks.) In this book we revisit the old friends introduced in Three Men in a Boat. They are much older and married now - J. and Harris that is, George is still a bachelor. The three men decided they need a change in their lives yet again. This time they go on a bicycle trip in Germany's Black Forest; hilarity ensures. The novel was written near the end of the Victorian-era bicycle craze, launched by the development of the two-wheeled safety bicycle. It depicts an era when bicycles had just become a familiar piece of middle-class recreational equipment. The references to brand competition, advertising, and enthusiasts' attitudes toward their equipment resonate with modern readers. Highly enjoyable and very funny (especially if you are a history geek) comic novel that satirises beautifully the Edwardian craze for cycling as well as giving a fascinating insight into how the English viewed the new young state of Germany. Note: "A 'Bummel'," I explained, "I should describe as a journey, long or short, without an end; the only thing regulating it being the necessity of getting back within a given time to the point from which one started...... But long or short, but here or there, our thoughts are ever on the running of the sand...... We have been much interested, and often a little tired. But on the whole we have had a pleasant time, and are sorry when 'tis over." At a time when you desperately needed to inject some raw humor into your depressed system, this book can do the job for you. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Also by Jerome K Jerome: 1. Three Men in a Boat https: //www.createspace.com/6391854 2. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow https: //www.createspace.com/6390756

Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels) is a humorous novel by Jerome K. Jerome. It was published in 1900, eleven years after his most famous work, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog). The sequel brings back the three companions who figured in Three Men in a Boat, this time on a bicycle tour through the German Black Forest. D. C. Browning's introduction to the 1957 Everyman's edition says "Like most sequels, it has been compared unfavourably with its parent story, but it was only a little less celebrated than Three Men in a Boat and was for long used as a school book in Germany." Jeremy Nicholas of the Jerome K. Jerome Society regards it as a "comic masterpiece" containing "set pieces" as funny or funnier than those in its predecessor, but, taken as a whole, not as satisfying due to the lack of as strong a unifying thread. The word 'Bummel'--D. C. Browning writes "The title must be puzzling to many readers, for 'bummel' will not be found in English dictionaries." 3] 4] It is a German word, as Jerome does not explain until the end of the book, and apart from his book, it has not received any widespread use in English. (The first American edition, published by Dodd Mead in 1900, was entitled Three Men on Wheels.) 5] One of the characters in the book asks, "how would you translate bummel]," to which the narrator replies: "A 'Bummel'," I explained, "I should describe as a journey, long or short, without an end; the only thing regulating it being the necessity of getting back within a given time to the point from which one started. Sometimes it is through busy streets, and sometimes through the fields and lanes; sometimes we can be spared for a few hours, and sometimes for a few days. But long or short, but here or there, our thoughts are ever on the running of the sand. We nod and smile to many as we pass; with some we stop and talk awhile; and with a few we walk a little way. We have been much interested, and often a little tired. But on the whole we have had a pleasant time, and are sorry when it's over." The general style and manner of the book are similar to its predecessor. It is a series of humorous vignettes, each of which builds slowly, through accumulation of layer on layer of detail, through several pages. Jeremy Nicholas calls these "set pieces." Most of them concern bicycling, genial (if shallow) commentary on German culture from the point of view of a British tourist, or situation-comedy-like depictions of interpersonal interactions between the characters. Cycling--The novel was written near the end of the Victorian-era bicycle craze, launched by the development of the two-wheeled safety bicycle. It depicts an era when bicycles had just become a familiar piece of middle-class recreational equipment. The references to brand competition, advertising, and enthusiasts' attitudes toward their equipment resonate with modern readers. The novel invites comparison with H. G. Wells's 1896 humorous cycling novel, The Wheels of Chance. Many of the comments on cycling are relevant-and funny-today. Those who have purchased ergonomic bicycle saddles, intended to relieve pressure on the perineal nerves, may not know that these are not a new invention: I said "... There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made out of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard. There was that saddle you bought in Birmingham; it was divided in the middle, and looked like a pair of kidneys." He said: "You mean that one constructed on anatomical principles." "Very likely," I replied. "The box you bought it in had a picture on the cover, representing a sitting skeleton-or rather that part of a skeleton which does sit." He said: "It was quite correct; it showed you the true position of the--" I said: "We will not go into details; the picture always seemed to me indelicate."...