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Mar 1, 1997 · At the start of the book, Jerome establishes a lighthearted tone as he discusses the nature and joys of idleness. He reflects on the concept of doing nothing as a form of art and the paradoxical idea that true idleness can only be appreciated when one has the burden of work to compare it against.
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May 24, 2023 · The thoughts that we can clearly grasp are very little thoughts—that two and two make four-that when we are hungry it is pleasant to eat—that honesty is the best policy; all greater thoughts are undefined and vast to our poor childish brains.
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Oct 7, 2008 · The idle thoughts of an idle fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927
"The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" by Jerome K. Jerome is an insightful, witty collection of essays that reflect on the joys and virtues of idleness. In the first section, “Musings on Being Idle - The Value of Doing Nothing,” Jerome introduces readers to the overarching theme of idleness and explores its inherent value.
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- COPYRIGHT EDITION.
- FRIEND
- WHO, HOWEVER OFTEN I MAY PUT HIM OUT, NEVER (NOW)
- MORE AND MORE IMPREGNATE ME WITH THE
- One or two friends to whom I showed these
- On being Hard Up
- I sat down
- a thing can be imagined. But let us put our
- ON BEING HARD UP.
- I have lived a week on
- ON BEING HARD UP.
- "I always give the waiter a
- If my
- There have been a good many funny things
- No, there is nothing at all funny in poverty—to
- It is not cold that makes a man without a greatcoat hurry along so
- It is
- It is
From the one hundred and thirty-second London Edition.
OF MY PROSPEROUS AND EVIL DAYS TO THE FRIEND WHO, THOUGH, IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR ACQUAINTANCESHIP, DID OFTTIMES DISAGREE WITH ME, HAS SINCE BECOME
UPSETS ME IN REVENGE TO THE FRLEND WHO, TREATED WITH MARKED COLDNESS BY ALL THE FEMALE MEMBERS OF MY HOUSEHOLD, AND REGARDED WITH SUSPICION BY MY VERY DOG, NEVERTHELESS, SEEMS DAY BY DAY TO BE MORE DRAWN BY ME, AND, IN RETURN, TO
ODOUR OF HIS FRLENDSHIP— TO THE FRIEND WHO NEVER TELLS ME OF MY FAULTS, NEVER WANTS TO BORROW MONEY, AND NEVER TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF— TO THE COMPANION OF MY IDLE HOURS, THE SOOTHER OF MY SORROWS, TILE CONFIDANT OF MY JOYS AND HOPES— MY OLDEST AND STRONGEST
papers in MS. having observed that they were not half bad; and some of my relations having promised to buy the book, if it ever came out, I feel I have no right to longer delay its issue. But for this, as one may say, public demand, I, per- haps, should not have ventured to offer these mere "idle thoughts" of mine as mental food for the English-spe...
On being in the Blues On Vanity and Vanities On Getting on in the World On being Idle On being in Love On the AVeather
with the full intention of writing something clever and original; but for the life of me I can't think of anything clever and original—at least, not at this moment. The only thing I can think about now is being hard up. I suppose having my hands in my pockets has made me think about this. I always do sit with my hands in my pockets, except when I a...
hands in our trousers' pockets, and let there be some small change in the right hand one and a bunch of keys in the left, and we will face a female post-office clerk. It is a little difficult to know what to do with your hands, even in your pockets, when there is nothing else there. Years ago, when my whole capital would occasionally come down to "...
I 5 town the people call a bob," I would recklessly spend a penny of it, merely for the sake of hav- ing the change, all in coppers, to jingle. You don't feel nearly so hard up with elevenpence in your pocket as you do with a shilling. Had I been "La-di-da," that impecunious youth about whom we superior folk are so sarcastic, I would have changed m...
ten, owing the other five; and I have lived for a fortnight on a great-coat. It is wonderful what an insight into domestic economy being really hard up gives one. If you want to find out the value of money, live on fif- teen shillings a week, and see how much you can put by for clothes and recreation. You will find out that it is worth while to wai...
be indulged in only at rare intervals, and that a collar can be worn for four days. Try it just before you get married. It will be excellent practice. Let your son and heir try it before sending him to college. He won't grumble at a hundred a year pocket money then. There are some people to whom it would do a world of good. There is that delicate b...
shilling. One can't give the fellow less, you know," explained a young Government clerk with whom was lunching the other day in Regent Street. agreed with him as to the utter impossibility of making it elevenpence ha'penny; but, at the same time, I resolved to one day decoy him to an eating-house I remembered near Covent Garden, where the waiter, f...
friend gives him anything beyond a penny, the man will insist on shaking hands with him then and there, as a mark of his esteem: of that I feel sure.
said and written about hardupishness, but the reality is not funny, for all that.
the poor. It is hell upon earth to a sensitive man; and many a brave gentleman, who would have faced the labours of Hercules, has had his heart broken by its: petty miseries. It is not the actual discomforts themselves that are hard to bear. Who would mind rough- ing it a bit, if that were all it meant? What cared Robinson Crusoe for a patch on his...
quickly. It is not all shame at telling lies—which he knows will not be believed—that makes him turn so red when he informs you that he con-siders greatcoats unhealthy, and never carries an umbrella on principle. It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were, men ON BEING HARD UP. IQ wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder th...
ON BEING IN THE BLUES. 35 there she meets us. At her shadowy gate she takes our hand in hers, and walks beside us through her mystic realm. We see no form, but seem to hear the rustling of her wings. Even in the toiling hum-drum city, her spirit comes to us. There is a sombre presence in each long, dull street; and the dark river creeps gho...
not a strong mind, and I thought it would be un- wise to tax it too far. So somewhere about the twentieth morning, I got up early, had a good breakfast, and walked straight off to Hayfield at the foot of the Kinder Scout—a pleasant, busy, little town, reached through a lovely valley, and with two sweetly pretty women in it. At least they were sweet...
ANIDLEFELLOW 5 listlesshand,andIshouldreclinethere,dream- ilygazingintothedeepblueofthefirmament, watchingthefleecycloudsfloatinglikewhite- sailedshipsacrossitsdepths ...
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