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Jerome K. Jerome
"I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
Three men — J., Harris, and George — and a dog named Montmorency set off on a boating holiday up the Thames, bickering, getting lost, failing to open tins of pineapple, and encountering the entire spectrum of British pastoral life at its most absurd. Jerome K. Jerome published Three Men in a Boat in 1889 and it has never been out of print since, which is about as clear a verdict as literature ever delivers.
It is one of the funniest books in the English language — a comedy of cheerful incompetence and deep affection for its characters that contains, buried inside its digressions and anecdotes, an unexpectedly tender portrait of English landscape and friendship. Readers who discover it expecting a period piece find instead something that reads as freshly as if it were published yesterday.
This premium hardbound collector's edition with sprayed edges presents Jerome's original, unabridged text — a perfect gift for anyone who appreciates intelligent comedy and timeless writing.
