Julie M. (Tuckerbrook) reviewed Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog!) on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A very funny little book, though its style takes a little getting used to. Once the cadence can be established, it is a charming story. A very quick read, but it'll bring a smile to your face.
Helpful Score: 2
A delightful period book, 1889. I read it a 2-3 pages at a time and thoroughly enjoyed it. The book is basically a long string of very short stories, strung together one after another with the common thread of 3 men who take a cruise down the Thames - to say nothing of the dog.
Kristine S. (NHBookLover) reviewed Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog!) on + 293 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Love this one! A combination of humor (British so very fun), historical information, and just lyrical writing.
His descriptions are beautiful; the humor is typical British; and the historical information is presented in a way that is informative and not at all boring.
What a fun book!
His descriptions are beautiful; the humor is typical British; and the historical information is presented in a way that is informative and not at all boring.
What a fun book!
Cat S. (catscritch) reviewed Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog!) on + 158 more book reviews
Such a funny little book. Jerome puts me in mind of a British Mark Twain. If it weren't for how respectful everyone seems, it could have been written in this century. I loved his little jabs at his friends as they were also pointed self-deprecating humor, leaving no one off the list - to say nothing of the dog! No wonder it has never gone out of print. Delightful.
John O. (buzzby) -
Written in the 19th Century, this edition published in 1964.
More than 100 years after its first appearance, Jerome K. Jerome's classic account of an eccentric journey up the Thames by rowboat, remains popular. The erratic progress of J. Harris, George and Montmorency the dog won immediate approval of Londoners, while readers all over the world saw THREE MEN IN A BOAT as a key to the British character.
The project, which began as an attempt to promote pleasure boating, became one of the greatest comedy turns of Victorian literature -- a timeless classic to be read again and again.
"One of the happiest examples of how serendipity can transform humdrum into pure delight." (Publisher's Source)
More than 100 years after its first appearance, Jerome K. Jerome's classic account of an eccentric journey up the Thames by rowboat, remains popular. The erratic progress of J. Harris, George and Montmorency the dog won immediate approval of Londoners, while readers all over the world saw THREE MEN IN A BOAT as a key to the British character.
The project, which began as an attempt to promote pleasure boating, became one of the greatest comedy turns of Victorian literature -- a timeless classic to be read again and again.
"One of the happiest examples of how serendipity can transform humdrum into pure delight." (Publisher's Source)
Originally published in 1889, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome is still a laugh out loud funny book that reminds me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Three friends George, Harris and the narrator J (and their dog Montmorency) take a vacation down the Thames river and manage to bring into that adventure a little bit of everything about their time and place. They kept me laughing!
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Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2015/09/three-men-in-boat-to-say-nothing-of-dog.html
