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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0192880330
ISBN-13: 9780192880338
Oct 1998
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
330 pages
Oxford World's Classics Series
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Originally intended to be a serious travel guide, Jerome K. Jerome's hilarious turn-of-the-century classic recounts the adventures of three young men (along with Montmorency the dog) who take a boat up the Thames on a voyage full of mishaps, sightseeing, strange encounters, and wacky ruminations on life. Though denounced as low class upon its publication, THREE MEN IN A BOAT became a massive bestseller both in England and other countries, and remained in print for over a hundred years. Spurred by the popularity of his whimsical tale, Jerome released a sequel, THREE MEN ON THE BUMMEL, about a humorous bicycle trip in Germany. Both works are archetypical of wry absurdist English humor.
| Details | | Series: | Oxford World's Classics Series |
| Size | | Length: | 330 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "There were four of us--George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad we were--bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course.""
Industry Reviews
"A comic masterpiece...of quintessential Englishness."
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