Three Men on the Bummel - Couverture souple

Jerome, Jerome K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140621458 ISBN 13 : 9780140621457

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1995

Synopsis

'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'.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

You Are in for a Humor Treat Again In this book we revisit the old friends introduced in Three Men in a Boat (Originally conceived as a fairly serious guide to amateur boating on the Thames in 1889, this Jerome K. Jerome's novel ended up as a hilarious account of the misadventures of three friends and a dog as they attempt to relax and enjoy themselves amid unreliable weather forecasts, imaginary illnesses, repellent cooking, and an unopenable can of pineapple chunks.)

In this book we revisit the old friends introduced in Three Men in a Boat. They are much older and married now - J. and Harris that is, George is still a bachelor. The three men decided they need a change in their lives yet again. This time they go on a bicycle trip in Germany's Black Forest; hilarity ensures.

The novel was written near the end of the Victorian-era bicycle craze, launched by the development of the two-wheeled safety bicycle. It depicts an era when bicycles had just become a familiar piece of middle-class recreational equipment. The references to brand competition, advertising, and enthusiasts' attitudes toward their equipment resonate with modern readers.

Highly enjoyable and very funny (especially if you are a history geek) comic novel that satirises beautifully the Edwardian craze for cycling as well as giving a fascinating insight into how the English viewed the new young state of Germany.

Note: "A 'Bummel'," I explained, "I should describe as a journey, long or short, without an end; the only thing regulating it being the necessity of getting back within a given time to the point from which one started...... But long or short, but here or there, our thoughts are ever on the running of the sand...... We have been much interested, and often a little tired. But on the whole we have had a pleasant time, and are sorry when 'tis over."

At a time when you desperately needed to inject some raw humor into your depressed system, this book can do the job for you.

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Also by Jerome K Jerome: 1. Three Men in a Boat https://www.createspace.com/6391854

2. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow https://www.createspace.com/6390756

Biographie de l'auteur

Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was born in Walsall, Staffordshire. He was an English writer and humourist. He was the youngest of four children.

Though a relaxed, urbane man, Jerome was a relentless explorer of new ideas and experiences. He travelled widely throughout Europe, was a pioneer of skiing in the Alps and visited Russia and America several times. He was a prolific writer whose work has been translated into many foreign languages.

Jerome's Four Ambitions in Life

1. To edit a successful journal
2. To write a successful play
3. To write a successful book
4. To become a Member of Parliament

He succeeded in the first three.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140621458
• ISBN 13: 9780140621457
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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