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Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome was listed #33 of the 100 Greatest Novels Of All Time by The Guardian in 2003 but was not very well received by the critics upon its initial publication in 1889.
This book is a comedic tour de force which tells of a boating holiday involving three male friends (George, Harris and Jerome) and Montmorency, a fox terrier. The writing is much in the style Mark Twain. The three men are totally incompetent doofs and often the dog shows more common sense than they do.
He said that was the advantage of Irish stew: you got rid of such a lot
of things. I fished out a couple of eggs that had got cracked, and put
those in. George said they would thicken the gravy.
I forget the other ingredients, but I know nothing was wasted; and I
remember that, towards the end, Montmorency, who had evinced great
interest in the proceedings throughout, strolled away with an earnest and
thoughtful air, reappearing, a few minutes afterwards, with a dead water-
rat in his mouth, which he evidently wished to present as his
contribution to the dinner; whether in a sarcastic spirit, or with a
genuine desire to assist, I cannot say.
Thoroughly enjoyable comedy interspersed at times with serious and exquisitely beautiful passages.
I recommend!
This book is a comedic tour de force which tells of a boating holiday involving three male friends (George, Harris and Jerome) and Montmorency, a fox terrier. The writing is much in the style Mark Twain. The three men are totally incompetent doofs and often the dog shows more common sense than they do.
He said that was the advantage of Irish stew: you got rid of such a lot
of things. I fished out a couple of eggs that had got cracked, and put
those in. George said they would thicken the gravy.
I forget the other ingredients, but I know nothing was wasted; and I
remember that, towards the end, Montmorency, who had evinced great
interest in the proceedings throughout, strolled away with an earnest and
thoughtful air, reappearing, a few minutes afterwards, with a dead water-
rat in his mouth, which he evidently wished to present as his
contribution to the dinner; whether in a sarcastic spirit, or with a
genuine desire to assist, I cannot say.
Thoroughly enjoyable comedy interspersed at times with serious and exquisitely beautiful passages.
I recommend!
