This edition is cleanly formatted for easy reading. 12 point Garamond, 1.15 spacing. Three Men in a Boat is a comical account of three friends: Jerome, Harris, George and their dog Montmorency. The three friends agree that they are overworked and tired and in dire need of a holiday. After weighing options of a country trip and a sea voyage they decide on a boat ride to the River Thames. Right from hiring the boat to planning their activities the story escalates into a comical sketch of numerous camping and boating mishaps. ...
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This edition is cleanly formatted for easy reading. 12 point Garamond, 1.15 spacing. Three Men in a Boat is a comical account of three friends: Jerome, Harris, George and their dog Montmorency. The three friends agree that they are overworked and tired and in dire need of a holiday. After weighing options of a country trip and a sea voyage they decide on a boat ride to the River Thames. Right from hiring the boat to planning their activities the story escalates into a comical sketch of numerous camping and boating mishaps. Three Men in a Boat is a humourous and witty book for all ages and all generations. Jerome has a knack for accentuating the comical even in the mundane and serious. Every chapter brings with it an abundance of amusement and laughter. The writing is sharp, witty and timeless. One of the many remarkable things about Three Men in a Boat is how fresh the humour is to modern day readers. It was an instant success when it appeared in 1889 and is still a bestseller to this day.
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"Three Men in a Boat" is a hilarious volume, filled with boating adventures and witty ramblings.
It all begins when a trio of grown men "decide" they are quite ill and that a sea trip is just the thing to cure them. If you don't mind casting away with a coterie of half-lunatics, then you're in for a treat. The self-diagnosis of various ailments gets a person chuckling. The ridiculous arguments get a person guffawing. The trailing stories that the main character tells get a person outright laughing.
The descriptions of England and the curiosities that the trio encountered are just delightful. The bizarre antics of three crazy men (and a dog) are splendid. Everything is precisely British, and oh!---how I wish for a nice row down the Thames right about now.
nikkki
Jan 31, 2009
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3 Men in a Boat is a great laugh if you are able to understand the stale British taste of humor. Although very time oriented, being in the early 1800s of London, this is a wonderful adaption to our modern world in which we live in today. I wouldn't recommend this reading to someone very young because the humor has vulgar moments but this is clearly a masterpiece work of literature by the one and only Jerome Jerome. Overall this is fun to read if your willing to struggle past the British english.
