Delphi Complete Works of Jerome K. Jerome (Illustrated) (Series Four)
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Authors: Jerome K. Jerome
Table of Contents
THREE MEN IN A BOAT (TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG)
JOHN INGERFIELD AND OTHER STORIES
SKETCHES IN LAVENDER, BLUE AND GREEN
THE PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK, AND OTHER STORIES
THE ANGEL AND THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW
THE DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE, AND SIX ESSAYS
SECOND THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW
JEROME K: JEROME: HIS LIFE AND WORKS by Alfred Moss
The Complete Works of
JEROME K. JEROME
(1859-1927)
Contents
THREE MEN IN A BOAT (TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG)
JOHN INGERFIELD AND OTHER STORIES
SKETCHES IN LAVENDER, BLUE AND GREEN
THE PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK, AND OTHER STORIES
THE ANGEL AND THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW
THE DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE, AND SIX ESSAYS
SECOND THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW
JEROME K: JEROME: HIS LIFE AND WORKS by Alfred Moss
© Delphi Classics 2014
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The Complete Works of
JEROME K. JEROME
By Delphi Classics, 2014
The Novels
Belsize House, Caldmore — Jerome’s birthplace
Jerome, aged 2 in 1861, with his mother Marguerite
THREE MEN IN A BOAT (TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG)
This classic comic novel was first published in 1889 and forms an account of a boating holiday on the Thames, taken by the narrator, his two friends and their dog. The narrative relates the various comic scrapes that beset them, interlaced with numerous comic digressions on various trivial topics, such as picture hanging and the opening of tinned food.
Each of the three men are based on real people – the narrator, J., is a version of Jerome himself, while his friends George Wingrave and Carl Hentschel make up the rest of the fictive party. The dog, Montmorency, was Jerome’s invention. The book is also partly based on Jerome’s honeymoon with his wife, Georgina Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley Marris (“Ettie”), when they had undertaken a boating tour on the Thames.
The novel was initially intended to be a travel guide, but the humorous content that gradually crept into Jerome’s project finally edged out any serious intention. Elements of the original format survive, however, in the inclusion of sentimental passages of description.
Upon its original publication, the novel was badly received by critics, largely due to snobbery at Jerome’s lower middle-class upbringing, his self-education and his use of slang phrases. Despite this hostile reaction, the book sold so well that it allowed Jerome the financial security to become a full-time writer.
