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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history... Read Full Overview

George, William, and J. agree on one thing: They're overworked and need a rest. A week on the "the rolling deep," they decide, may be just the thing Off they go with Montmorency, a fox terrier, in joyful anticipation of long, lazy days during a glorious Victorian summer. What... Read Full Overview

A classic masterpiece of British humor since its first publication in 1889. The funny boating trip of three men - Jerome and his two friends Harris and George and their dog Montmorency - along the River Thames in Oxford, crossing the absurdities and traditions of late XIX century... Read Full Overview

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.Martyrs 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... Read Full Overview

A comic masterpiece that has never been out of print since it was first published in 1889, Je-rome K. Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat ' is written in the English comic tradition with just a touch of mild satire. Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends... Read Full Overview

Three Men in a Boat, 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 initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements... Read Full Overview

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide,... Read Full Overview

Initially meant to be a travelogue of a journey along the river Thames, Three Men in a Boat is a humorous tale of the adventures of three friends and their dog on a bizarre boat trip. A fun interplay of youthful folly, comic songs, camping stories, and an eccentric dog, the... Read Full Overview

"I had the general symptoms, the chief among them being a disinclination to work of any kind." So begin the hilarious misadventures of a merry, but scandalously lazy band of well-to-do young men-and a plucky and rather world-weary fox terrier named Montmorency-on an idyllic cruise... Read Full Overview

THERE were four of us - George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad we were - bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course.We were all feeling seedy, and we were getting quite nervous about... Read Full Overview

I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can't help it.

Includes 66 of the original A. Frederics illustrations... Read Full Overview