Three Men in a Boat Jerome Klapka Jerome (Illustrated)

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Three Men in a Boat Jerome Klapka Jerome (Illustrated) (2021, Independently Published)

English language

Published Jan. 2, 2021 by Independently Published.

ISBN:
979-8-7803-8429-8
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Three young Englishmen decide to spend a fortnight boating on the Thames for their health.

A classic of English humor; I'm quite dismayed that I hadn't discovered it before now! It's one of the funniest books I've read in a long time (and I've read many funny books). I found myself laughing out loud quite often, and couldn't resist reading sections of it to my wife - even though I know it's not the sort of thing she cares for.

It's astonishing that a book written 123 years ago should feel so modern. I hadn't realized that such dark humor had been invented back in 1889!

The occasional turns into more somber and lyrical prose are a bit jarring at first (they're quite reminiscent of [b:The Wind in the Willows|5659|The Wind in the Willows|Kenneth Grahame|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327869222s/5659.jpg|1061285], which was published 19 years later), but you soon get used to them. And …