Three Men in a Boat A Witty Thames Boating Comedy of Comic Male Friendship, Camping Mishaps, and Late Victorian Travel Humor
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Verlag
CopycatSeitenzahl
140
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,8 cm
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215 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-285-2385-5
Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (1889) is a comic masterpiece that transforms a modest boating holiday on the Thames into a brilliant meditation on urban fatigue, masculine leisure, and the absurdities of everyday life. Ostensibly recounting the misadventures of three friends-J., George, and Harris-accompanied by the memorable dog Montmorency, the novel moves with effortless wit between anecdote, travelogue, and social satire. Its conversational style, digressive structure, and keen eye for the embarrassments of ordinary existence place it firmly within late Victorian humorous prose, even as its irony and self-mockery anticipate modern comic writing. Jerome K. Jerome drew deeply on his own experiences as a clerk, actor, journalist, and restless observer of London life. His familiarity with the pressures of work, the appeal of temporary escape, and the small vanities of respectable society gave him ideal material for this book. What began as a light travel narrative became, in his hands, a subtle and enduring portrait of English middle-class sensibility. This is a book to recommend not only for its famous humor, but for its craftsmanship and cultural insight. Readers interested in Victorian literature, comic narration, or the literature of travel will find it consistently delightful and surprisingly perceptive.
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