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Three Men in a Boat
 

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome

More than 100 years after its first appearance, Jerome K. Jerome's classic account of an eccentric journey up the Thames by rowboat, remains popular. The erratic progress of J. Harris, George and Montmorency the dog won immediate approval of Londoners, while readers all over the world saw THREE MEN IN A BOAT as a key to the British character.
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zhurnaly
  • Rated 4 stars

“Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) wrote Three Men in a Boat (subtitled "To Say Nothing of the Dog") in 1889. He had originally intended to do a serious book, The Story of the Thames, but his editor (and no doubt, JKJ himself) recognized that humor trumped history. So they deleted the lectures and cut straight to the misadventures of a trio of twits attempting to row upriver for a weekend holiday.

Many readers come to Three Men in a Boat via Robert A. Heinlein's superb juvenile science...”

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  • Rated 4.278075 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • Raingod

    raingod said:

    “I agree with someone called "wisecrack". If this book can't make you laugh, rest assured no other book can. Personally I was a great fan of Wodehouse's. This book (and 3 men on the Bummel is even better, esp the first 100 pages) beats most Wodehouse's books. You can't take every book abd expect it to be a thriller or having a plot. This is for casual reading. No info to be gained but you can't refute that it is outright funny.”

    posted Wednesday, April 23 2008
  • naveen d

    naveen d said:

    “do not go with the name.the book's a crap. this must be the beginning of "the art of catchy titles",100 years ago!!”

    posted Friday, April 18 2008
  • naveen d

    naveen d said:

    “do not go with the name.the book's a crap. this must be the beginning of "the art of the catchy titles",100 years ago!!”

    posted Friday, April 18 2008
  • Alina B

    alina b said:

    “It was quite ok, not hilariously funny but an altogether enjoyable read! the 3 man and their dog pass throgh enough to make one feel sorry but also envy their leisure!”

    posted Friday, March 21 2008
  • Jack B

    jack b said:

    “This is a funny book. At times laugh out loud funny. Probably not as funny as it once was. On finishing this, I concluded that it was piffle, nonsense, and totally unessential reading (6.5/10)

    Best bit: Chapter 8 (pp59-63 in penguin Classics) describing Harris' singing of 'a comic song'. This is really amazing! You will be cracking up! If nothing else, find this bit in the library and read it there...!

    p.131Description of work: "It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work; it fascinates me, I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart." ........

    p.149. Good fishing yarn...”

    posted Friday, November 23 2007
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