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Three men and a dog set out on a skiff down the Thames; what could be more idyllic? Almost anything, it turns out, as a boating holiday develops into a gauntlet of challenges.
The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now ...
Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
However, the novel is known for its comic overtone. This book, regarded as a classic by the critics, has been translated into many languages. It has also been adapted into movies, plays, radio, and stage shows over the years.
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 ...
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 ...
"La série bilingue propose une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes, une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les oeuvres d'auteurs étrangers."--Éditeur.
This provides the strong thread that holds the rambling narrative of Three Men in a Boat together. Jerome can veer off from the present adventures as much as he likes, he can recall past events and recite apparently unrelated anecdotes, ...
The boat - builder himself came up then , and assured us , on his word as a practical man , that the thing really was a ... We fastened the so - called boat together with some pieces of string , got a bit of wall - 252 THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
The most ordinary circumstances turn hilarious as an idler who exhibits a "general disinclination to work of any kind," and his friends journey up the Thames River.
But which a delighted reader can only sing, Hooray! First published in 1889, Three Men in a Boat was an instant success, and Jerome has been compared to comic master P.G. Wodehouse.
Three Men in a Boat is one of the best-loved and most enduring comic novels in all of English literature. It tells the tale of a boating expedition on the Thames, undertaken by three friends, to say nothing of the dog, Montmorency.
Three Men in a Boat: (to Say Nothing of the Dog)
Oh! exclaimed George, grasping the idea; but we can't drink the river, you know!
Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique?
" The trip is a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. This is just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity.
This is just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection.
William Shakespeare (1564 — 1616) A famous English poet, playwright, and actor.