This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1894 edition by Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig. (learn more about this book)
?Now which would you advise dear? You see with the red I shan?t be able to wear my magenta hat. (learn more about this book)
I had a vexing dream one night, not long ago: it was about a fortnight after Christmas. I dreamt I flew out of the window in my nightshirt. I went up and up. I was glad that I was going up. "They have been noticing me," I thought to myself. "If anything, I have been a bit too good. A little less... (learn more about this book)
Contains three short works: The Philosopher's Joke (1909), The Soul of Nicholas Snyders; or, The Miser of Zandam (1909) and Passing of the Third Floor Back (1907). Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English author, best known for the humourous travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). In 1877,... (learn more about this book)
Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English author, best known for the humourous travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). In 1877, he decided to try his hand at acting, under the stage name Harold Crichton. He joined a repertory troupe who tried to produce plays on a shoestring budget, often... (learn more about this book)
Henry is -- what else? -- a waiter. And Kipper and Carrot? They are the ragamuffin pair who tumble into the coffee shop where Henry works, one sunny day in England. Kipper helps Carrot develop her stage talents . . . while Carrot gets high ideas and marries even higher to become the Marchioness... (learn more about this book)
The 20 diverse stories collected here show why the short story continues to be one of the most popular of literary genres. Included are works by masters of the field, including one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best Pat Hobby stories, “Boil Some Water — Lots of It,” Saki’s “The Schartz-Metterklume... (learn more about this book)
Short humorous essay. According to Wikipedia: "Jerome Klapka Jerome ( 1859 – 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England, where there is now a museum in his honour, and was brought up in... (learn more about this book)