Three Men In A Boat
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Usual shelf-wear. No slipcase.
Few books in the English comic tradition have endured with such effortless charm as Jerome K. Jerome's masterpiece of bumbling misadventure on the River Thames. Published in 1889, the novel chronicles the hapless journey of three friends — Jerome, George, and Harris — and their dog Montmorency, as they embark on a boating holiday from Kingston to Oxford, armed with more enthusiasm than competence. The narrative unfolds as a riotous sequence of mishaps, digressions, and philosophical asides, each rendered with a warmth and wit that transforms even the most mundane catastrophe into high comedy. Jerome's genius lies in his ability to satirise the Victorian middle-class desire for leisure and self-improvement while simultaneously celebrating the simple pleasures of the English countryside. The prose is conversational yet precise, drawing the reader into an intimate companionship with its three hapless heroes. A touchstone of British humour that has never fallen out of print, Three Men in a Boat remains as fresh and irresistible today as when it first scandalized literary critics who failed to anticipate just how beloved a book about nothing in particular could become.
Author: Jerome K. Jerome
Format: Hardback
Published: 1998, The Folio Society
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Usual shelf-wear. No slipcase.
Few books in the English comic tradition have endured with such effortless charm as Jerome K. Jerome's masterpiece of bumbling misadventure on the River Thames. Published in 1889, the novel chronicles the hapless journey of three friends — Jerome, George, and Harris — and their dog Montmorency, as they embark on a boating holiday from Kingston to Oxford, armed with more enthusiasm than competence. The narrative unfolds as a riotous sequence of mishaps, digressions, and philosophical asides, each rendered with a warmth and wit that transforms even the most mundane catastrophe into high comedy. Jerome's genius lies in his ability to satirise the Victorian middle-class desire for leisure and self-improvement while simultaneously celebrating the simple pleasures of the English countryside. The prose is conversational yet precise, drawing the reader into an intimate companionship with its three hapless heroes. A touchstone of British humour that has never fallen out of print, Three Men in a Boat remains as fresh and irresistible today as when it first scandalized literary critics who failed to anticipate just how beloved a book about nothing in particular could become.