{"product_id":"three-men-in-a-boat-by-jerome-k-jerome-three-men-1","title":"Three Men in a Boat By Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men #1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 25\/03\/2004\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Classics - Fiction - Humor - Comedy - Travel - Audiobook - British Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking in boring landmarks, vengeful swans and impenetrable mazes, Jerome’s timeless tale of a trio of lovable wastrels on a jaunt down the Thames feels as fresh today as it did over a hundred years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA comic masterpiece that has never been out of print since it was first published in 1889, Jerome K. Jerome's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Men in a Boat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eincludes an introduction and notes by Jeremy Lewis in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. Three Men in a Boat was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', it hilariously captured the spirit of its age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his introduction, Jeremy Lewis examines Jerome K. Jerome's life and times, and the changing world of Victorian England he depicts - from the rise of a new mass-culture of tabloids and bestselling novels to crazes for daytripping and bicycling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) was born in Walstall, Staffordshire, and educated at Marylebone Grammar School. He left school at fourteen to become a railway clerk, the first in a long line of jobs that included actor, teacher and journalist. His first book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Stage and Off\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of humorous pieces about the theatre, was published in 1885, and was followed the year after with the more commercially-successful\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow\u003c\/i\u003e; but it was with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Men in a Boat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1889) that Jerome achieved lasting fame. He later went on to become one of the founders of the humorous magazine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idler\u003c\/i\u003e, and continued to write articles and plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Men in a Boat,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eyou might like Stella Gibbons's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780141441214\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e224\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e197\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e129\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e14\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e172 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53319861633337,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780141441214-jacket-large.webp?v=1779528572","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/three-men-in-a-boat-by-jerome-k-jerome-three-men-1","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}