Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) With 13 Illustrations and a Free Audio Link.
By Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. 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.
The three men were based on Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George, and Harris. The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, "had much of me in it."
The book, published in 1889, became an instant success and is still in print. Its popularity was such that the number of registered Thames boats went up fifty percent in the year following its publication, and it contributed significantly to the Thames becoming a tourist attraction
Highlights of this edition are:
•13 illustrations and photos.
•A free web link to an audio copy of the book.
•It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kindle reader.
•An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kindle “go to” feature.
•Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle’s Text-to-Speech features.
•Plus, About the Author section.
•325 pages (in the kindle format) for a very low price.
This book is unabridged and appears as it was first intended.
By Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. 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.
The three men were based on Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George, and Harris. The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, "had much of me in it."
The book, published in 1889, became an instant success and is still in print. Its popularity was such that the number of registered Thames boats went up fifty percent in the year following its publication, and it contributed significantly to the Thames becoming a tourist attraction
Highlights of this edition are:
•13 illustrations and photos.
•A free web link to an audio copy of the book.
•It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kindle reader.
•An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kindle “go to” feature.
•Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle’s Text-to-Speech features.
•Plus, About the Author section.
•325 pages (in the kindle format) for a very low price.
This book is unabridged and appears as it was first intended.
