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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889, London). http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm
by modernerd 8y ago
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889, London).
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm
The first half of the opening chapter is the best intro to any work of comic fiction I've read.
At face value it's a simple road trip story (by boat), but the episodes of hypochondria and camaraderie still feel contemporary and fun — it is written and to be read for the pure joy of it, and you need look for no deeper meaning.
- kirubakaran 8y agoThis is one of my absolute favorites. I've since searched for a book that would make me laugh as hard, without success. Not even JKJ's other works come close.
- jkbyc 8y agoMy mom used to read these to me and my brothers when we were little, we all really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun. If you like Jerome K. Jerome, you should also check out Saturnin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1724928.Saturnin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1724928.Saturnin It has a great poetic and funny style of classical Czech works. There's a movie too. Just in case someone is interested, a movie with a similar funny and poetic style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_It_Short https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_It_Short (Postřižiny) and I'd also recommend checking out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_and_Her_Week_of_Wonders_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_and_Her_Week_of_Wonder... - a surrealistic horror film...I love the soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPyPEraG74c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPyPEraG74c ...and to make it relevant to the original request, there's a book of the same name by Vitezslav Nezval (I haven't read it though)
- icebraining 8y ago+1. Works pretty well as an audiobook as well. "Three Men on the Bummel" is amusing too, although not as good.