Recommended by Allen MacDuffie, and 1 others. See all reviews
Ranked #2 in Boating, Ranked #39 in Children's Boat — see more rankings.
A comic masterpiece that has never been out of print since it was first published in 1889, Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat includes an introduction and notes by Jeremy Lewis in Penguin Classics.
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 weather forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier... more
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 weather forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier... more
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Allen MacDuffie The story is about three friends taking a weekend trip up the Thames in a rowing boat. But then there’s the dog … (Source)
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Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #100 in Comedic
- #98 in Comedy
- #75 in Humor
- #72 in Project Gutenberg
- #56 in Travelogue