And what about Uncle Podger hanging a picture on the wall? Does this scenario sound familiar? I’m sure anybody who has ever been camping will laugh at the descriptions of two people trying to put up a tent in the rain. Most people should be able to identify with at least a few of the disasters that J. It “forecasts” precisely what happened yesterday or the day before, and precisely the opposite of what is going to happen to-day. I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness by which we are plagued, this “weather-forecast” fraud is about the most aggravating. The accuracy of the British weather forecast, for example, doesn’t seem to have improved at all since Victorian times! What makes Three Men in a Boat so funny is that, despite the book being written such a long time ago, so much of it is still true of modern day life. When they decide they need a break, the three men (accompanied by Montmorency the dog), set off on a boat trip along the River Thames – and everything that can go wrong does go wrong! The ‘three men’ are our narrator, J., and his two friends, George and Harris. I’m pleased to say that it lived up to my expectations – I found it an easy, entertaining read, not to mention a genuinely hilarious one! I can’t remember the last time I read such a funny book and I would recommend it to anyone who feels daunted by the thought of reading a Victorian classic. It’s not a book I would ever have thought of reading until I started to notice other bloggers giving it glowing reviews and decided I really had to read it for myself. The results vary from the seductively titillating to the outrageously farcical and subsequent history has laden the narrative with ironies.I have book blogging to thank for the fact that I’ve finally read this wonderful classic. Read more Men on the Bummel, reunites the three friends for their ‘Bummel’ (‘roaming or wandering’) through Germany.

The adventures and misfortunes on the Thames of the three English friends and their pugnacious dog, Montmorency, provide rich humour, shrewd observations, lyrical reflections, and, predominantly, genially ironic perceptions of human fallibility. This motley novel has not only been translated into many languages but has also been staged, filmed, televised and imitated. When it first appeared in 1889 it became a best seller, and has remained popular ever since. Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.

Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. The difficulties and vicissitudes of these innocents abroad are magnified to epic proportions, and give the book an air of fresh innocence. This comic novel describes the boating expedition on the Thames of three friends and their dog, Montmerency. Description for Three Men in a Boat Paperback.

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