Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel - Couverture souple

Jerome, Jerome K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140437509 ISBN 13 : 9780140437508

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

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 proved so popular that Jerome reunited his now older - but not necessarily wiser - heroes in Three Men on the Bummel, for a picaresque bicycle tour of Germany. With their benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', both novels hilariously capture the spirit of their age.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jerome K Jerome (1859-1927) became an actor and published a couple of volumes of humorous pieces and light essays about the theatre. He achieved lasting fame with THREE MEN IN A BOAT. He later went on to become one of the founders of the humorous magazine, The Idler, and continued to write articles and plays.
Jeremy Lewis has recently written a biography of Cyril Connolly and has edited the Raffles books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140437509
• ISBN 13: 9780140437508
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Lewis Jeremy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Penguin Books Limited; productsafety@penguin.co.uk; ; One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens; London; SW11 7BW; Royaume-Uni
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