by Jerome K. Jerome · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140282603
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«Three Men in a Boat» is the humorous novel by Jerome K. Jerome, published by Penguin in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Three Victorian friends, convinced they are exhausted, decide that a boat trip on the Thames will do them good. With their dog, they load the vessel with provisions and set off on an outing in which mishaps, arguments and misunderstandings follow one another. The narrative combines situational comedy with ironic digressions on life, history and the society of the era.
First instalment of the «Three Men» series by Jerome K. Jerome. The work was originally published in 1889.
For those who enjoy classics of English humour, comedy of manners and travel tales with irony.
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels.
