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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous novel by English writer Jerome K. Jerome describing a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston.
- Jerome K. Jerome
- 1889
- 1889
- Comedy novel
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- Three invalids.— Sufferings of George and Harris.— A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies.— Useful prescriptions.— Cure for liver complaint in children.—
- Plans discussed.— Pleasures of “camping-out,” on fine nights.— Ditto, wet nights.— Compromise decided on.— Montmorency, first impressions of.— Fears lest he is too good for this world, fears subsequently dismissed as groundless.—
- Arrangements settled.— Harris’s method of doing work.— How the elderly, family-man puts up a picture.— George makes a sensible, remark.— Delights of early morning bathing.—
- The food question.— Objections to paraffine oil as an atmosphere.— Advantages of cheese as a travelling companion.— A married woman deserts her home.—
Three Men in a Boat Summary. J ., the narrator, is sitting around a fire with his two friends, Harris and George, as they compare their various illnesses. J. recently spent some time researching diseases at the British Museum and concluded he had them all except for “housemaid’s knee.”.
‘Three Men in a Boat’ is an amusing account of three friends-Jerome(whom I’m in love with),Harris and George and of course their dog Montmorency; while on a little boating expedition. The three of them concur of being overworked and tired of the daily humdrum, are in a dire need of a vacation.
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) is a novel by Jerome K. Jerome in which three aging men decide to take a boat trip on the Thames River. J., Harris, and George decide to...
