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by Jerome K. Jerome (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140621458
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140621457
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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'I did not intend to write a funny book, at first' wrote Jerome J. Jerome of Three Men in a Boat, which has since become a comic classic. When J. the narrator, George, Harris and Montmorency the dog set off on their hilarious misadventures, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts, imaginary illnesses, butter pats and tins of pineapple chunks. Denounced as vulgar by the literary establishment, Three Men in a Boat nevertheless caught the spirit of the times. The expansion of education and the increase in office workers created a new mass readership, and Jerome's book was especially popular among the 'clerking classes' who longed to be 'free from that fretful haste, that vehement striving, that is every day becoming more and more the bane of nineteenth-century life.' So popular did it prove that Jerome reunited his heroes for a bicycle tour of Germany. Despite some sharp, and with hindsight, prophetic observations of the country, Three Men on the Bummel describes an equally picaresque journey constrained only 'by the necessity of getting back within a given time to the point from which one started'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars But is it as funny?, 6 Jul 2000
Three Men on the Bummel is a far less well known book than its big brother, the celebrated and beloved classic Three Men in a Boat. Several years have elapsed between novels - indeed to those of us who know and love George, Harris and J it is somewhat startling to find J and Harris married with children. But domestic bliss is starting to cloy, and as the men develop ploys to escape for a holiday, both wives are seen to be extremely "modern" women! Suffice it to say that a cycling tour in the Black Forrest ensues. Jerome's constant observations of the Germans are disconcerting; yes, he writes amusingly of them as lovable eccentrics, obsessed by order and orders, but he was not to know to what hiddeous effect this contributed to in 1939-45, and the shadow of the War was often in my mind. But is the book as funny? I have to answer "yes." Harris and the hosepipe, George's spree of crime, the phrase book outing, all are as funny as anything in the original. Uncle Podger stories are still there, and I laughed out loud many, many times. A gem of a book. Oh, what's a bummel? Read and find out.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars NO BUMMEL DEAL!, 8 Dec 2007
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This is a very funny book for anyone who cycles, is thinking of cycling, or looking for reasons not to take it up! It contains many funny scenes including the maintenance of a cycle prior to a holiday in the Black Forest - reducing the bike to a pile of bits and pieces including a bummel in urgent need of a repair person! A wonderfully crafted comic treat which puts most contemporary comic writing to shame.

Mick Drake author of the comic novel All`s Well at Wellwithoute
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3.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading...but be warned., 16 Jul 2002
Following that exploits of J., Harris and George as they make they way across Europe on bicycles, this book attempts to capture much of the humour of its predecessor Three Men in a Boat. However, I do feel that this time the humour is more laboured and some of the stories do struggle to be funny. Also absent is the effortless way that he combined beautiful poetic prose with outstandingly funny observations seen in Three Men in a Boat. Rather than being a continuous joy to read, the book tends to only shine every now and then. A good book, and well worth looking at, but I feel that it pales in comparison to Three Men in a Boat.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Sequels aren't as good
Just read 'Three Men in a Boat' and you'll figure it out. In case you are lazy I'll tell what's wrong in this book.

This book does not swing or even breath. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Kerola Sami

4.0 out of 5 stars Paperback not Hardcover
For information: this is actually a paperback edition of the book and not hardback as the description, at the time of writing, incorrectly states.
Published 12 months ago by Badman

2.0 out of 5 stars Three men, two stars
Three men in a boat is a fantastic read - the mix of comedy and adventure is perfect and it captures the Victorian era to a 't'. Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. Lowther

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sequel
I have read this book before i have actually read Three men in a Boat, and found it well written with a great sense of (British) humour. Read more
Published 16 months ago by I. Boldin-day

5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT!BRILLIANT!BRIALLIANT! WHAT AN ENCORE!
What are you talking about, you people who say this is not as good as Three Men in a Boat? It is better. I believe I happened to read this one first. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2004 by MIZZ BOHEMIA

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor sequel
This is a disappointingly poor sequel to Jerome's classic Three Men in a Boat. The three main characters, now 10 years older than in TMB, go on a bicycle ride through some parts... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2003 by Thomas H. Frandzen

3.0 out of 5 stars Good - but you may be disappointed...
This is a good book, but its not a patch on the first one. There were points when I laughed out loud but, unlike Three Men in a Boat, there weren't those really funny stories... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars A comic classic
Three Men in a Boat is one of my all time favourite books. When I read it I was banned from the living room for laughing too much. Read more
Published on 5 April 2001 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

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