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Published in 1889, Three Men in a Boat is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers, the jokes seem fresh and witty even today.

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author's second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist.

After his final trip up the river, Jerome sat down to write a serious book about the Thames, but in the process, his humor took over and gave birth to this masterpiece of unquenchable comedy.

After his final trip up the river, Jerome sat down to write a serious book about the Thames, but in the process, his humor took over and gave birth to this masterpiece of unquenchable comedy.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

First published 1898. A second collection of essays from the celebrated author and humourist who published "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" in 1886.

Jerome K. Jerome's excellent short story collection includes "Reginald Blake, Financier and Cad, " "An item of Fashionable Intelligence, " "Blasé Billy, " "The Choice of Cyril Harjohn, " "The Materialisation of Charles and Mivanway, " "Portrait of a Lady, " "The Man Who Would Manage, " "The Man Who Lived For Others, " "A Man of Habit, " "The Absent-minded Man, " "A Charming Woman, " "Whibley's Spirit, " "The Man Who Went Wrong, " "The Hobby Ri...

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 of Appleford! One of Jerome K. Jerome's highly entertaining observers of life, the waiter Henry meets all the interesting coffee-shop sorts: the man w...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Jerome K. Jerome was born in 1859. He was an English humorist best known for his travelogue Three Men in a Boat. Jerome loved to write about novel situations and this book is no exception. In Novel Notes he and three of his pipe party bachelor friends will write a novel. Jerome is the title character in this novel. The novel writing turns out to be a funny look at human quirks. As with many of Jerome's books Novel Note is brimmed full of humor...

When the three fearless friends whose earlier adventures were told in Three Men in a Boat decide to take a cycling trip through the Black Forest on a tandem plus one, their experiences are hilarious.

In this sequel to Jerome K. Jerome's most famous work "Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)" we have a reunion of the three companions from the first book, minus the dog, who are setting out on a bicycle tour through the Black Forest of Germany. Written near the end of the Victorian bicycle craze in which bicycles became a common fixture amongst the middle-class for recreational purposes, "Three Men on the Bummel" is a masterfully h...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall on 2 May 1859 and brought up in East London. After his father died, Jerome left school at fourteen and worked as a railway clerk, actor, journalist and teacher. In 1885 he published On the Stage - and Off which was followed in 1886 by Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. In 1888 Jerome married Georgina Stanley and a year later he published his most famous work, Three Men in a Boat. The sequel, Three Men on ...