![]() ![]() The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, "had much of me in it. The three men were based on Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George, and Harris. The jokes seem fresh and witty even today. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers. 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. ![]() Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. Jerome finds time to express his ideas on the world around - many of which have. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. When not falling in the river and getting lost in Hampton Court Maze, Jerome K. Download cover art Download CD case insert Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) ![]()
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