Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel
 

Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

by Jerome K. Jerome, Jeremy Lewis

This volume stands as the only available critical edition of two of the most popular classics in English literature. Three Men in a Boat describes a comic expedition by middle-class Victorians up the Thames to Oxford, providing along the way brilliant snap-shots of London's playground in the late 1880s. In Three Men on the Bummel, the three Englishmen escape from the claustrophobia of suburban... (read more)

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  • Rated 4 stars

if this book does not make you laugh, then nothing will. there is no plot, no story, no mystery, but you wont be able to put it down. its does not matter what you are writing about, what matters is how you write it. this is a story of 3 young men and a dog who go out camping and what happens then and their outlook of life : description 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...

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  • Elvana B

    elvana b said:

    Is it the kind of humor you need everyday?
    Doesn't it seems as you are part of their journey?

    posted Tuesday, December 11 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Inna N

    inna n said:

    Excellent humor & common sense.

    posted Thursday, November 1 2007
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