- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (25 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140621334
- ISBN-13: 978-0140621334
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 1.2 x 11.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 91,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"I "highly recommend" Campfire's comics. They do what they are intended to do and do it in a way that excites kids about classic literature."
-- Chris Wilson, The Graphic Classroom (a resource for teachers and librarians)
-- Chris Wilson, The Graphic Classroom (a resource for teachers and librarians)
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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 Montmorency. Three Men in a Boat was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian ‘clerking classes’, it hilariously captured the spirit of its age.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first came across this in the school library when I was 12 (35 years ago!) I have read it and re-read it again and again. In a desert-island-disks type moment I chose it as one of my quintessentially English books to take with me when I went to live in the USA for a year. I cannot read it in public - or in the presence of my wife due to the unstoppable sniggering that it induces in me (and the rolling eyes this induces in her!). I love the 'Maze' scene and am laughing now just thinking about it. The hypochondria opening is a classic moment too (Housemaid's knee!)
Please read it - yes it's Victorian humour, but it's STILL funny today.
I was devastated when I found it was number 101 in BBC's 'Good Read' 100 favourite books ever list a couple of years ago - Shame on the BBC!
47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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I first picked this up at age of about 11, from the bookshelf in a guesthouse where I was staying for a few nights with my parents. I was in a room by myself, and apart from a couple of shouted requests to shut up, was left to hold my sides and laugh as quietly as possible.
I'm now 52, and have a wonderful original copy which I have read time and again, and still get requests from my fiancee to shut up and stop laughing.
It doesn't matter how many times you read it. This is quite simply the funniest book ever written in the English language. Yes, it's based in an age long gone; but it's great to know that self-effacing, typical British humour hasn't changed one iota.
Any Englishman who hasn't read this is the poorer for it!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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It seems that human nature hasn't changed much since Victorian times! This collection of anecdotes, observations and witticisms is a true classic, completely unaffected by the passage of time. The author's understated, self-deprecating style of humour had me roaring with laughter virtually from the first page, and even now - a week after finishing it - I still find myself chuckling at odd moments when I remember certain turns of phrase.
I was put off reading it for a long time because for some reason I had got it into my head that it was a rather heavy-going political satire. I don't know where I got that idea from, but I couldn't have been more wrong. It's a gentle, easy read. Not much plot to speak of - just the tale of three friends (and a dog) taking a boating trip up the Thames. Full of mishaps, humourous reminiscences and spot-on comments about the ridiculousness of human behaviour, it makes ideal back-garden reading for the summer.
Highly recommended. If you've never read a classic and want an easy one to start with - this is it!
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An entertaining classic
Still as funny as when I first read it 25 years ago. One of very few books that genuinely makes me laugh out loud.
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. J. Proctor
Three men, a dog, and quite a lot of travelogue
What can be entertaining about three men in a boat on a river with their pet dog in tow? Lots, and much of it very funny indeed. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Juliet Foster
Hilarious and thoughtful book!
I read and liked this book some 20 years ago. However, yesterday I remembered only the author's name and book title. Read more
Published 10 months ago by _astra_
The funniest book I've read for years!
After reading so many glowing five-star reviews of this book, I'm pleased to say that it lived up to my expectations - I found it an easy, entertaining read, not to mention a... Read more
Published 13 months ago by H. Skinner
Still funny
Despite its age, this book is still very funny. It contains many humorous incidents, and gentle observational humour. It remains one of my favourite books of all time.A gem.
Published 14 months ago by Pattycake
Hilarious and generally entertaining
This book manages to be hilarious and easy to read whilst having an uncomplicated and ordinary plot. Read more
Published 15 months ago by .
Simply Hilarious
After seeing (and loving) the Three Men in a Boat television series, I was given this book as a gift. A year and a half later I finally decided to pick it up and read it. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Charly
Rather droll
Now I know this is a worldwide classic that has been published many many times over the years and is loved by a wide majority, but it didn't really do a lot for me. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Vivienne Serendipity
Three Men in a Boat
First published 1889
Originally planned as a serious travel guide, Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat" became the most popular comic novel of the Victorian era. Read more
Originally planned as a serious travel guide, Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat" became the most popular comic novel of the Victorian era. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Vanessa Lawrence.
Funniest book in the entire universe!
When I was 15 (now 42) I sat on a long train journey with this book in my hands. I knew nothing about it and to be honest wasn't expecting much. Read more
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