In Their Own Words ; British Women Writers and India 1740-1857 /

By:

Jerome K. Jerome

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TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xi, 289 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9780195677089

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Contents:

A Chronology of Jerome K. Jerome -- Three Men in a Boat -- Three Men on the Bummel.

Summary: "Three Men in a Boat describes a comic expedition up the Thames to Oxford, depicted with irresistibly genial humour by 'J'. As the fashionable late-1880s steam- launches of river swells encounter the hired skiffs of city clerks, J̀' presents a medley of social vignettes, farcical incidents, descriptions of river fashions, and reflections on the river's history. His gently skewed vision of a world in which things continually turn out rather differently than expected is continued in Three Men on the Bummel. The now middle-aged friends embark on a cycling tour in the Black Forest, and the new bicycling craze affords Jerome the opportunity for a light-hearted scrutiny of German social customs at a time of increasing preoccupation with a country he loved. This double-volume edition places two of the most popular works in English literature in the light of Jerome's varied career, illuminating their social context and enduring appeal."-- BOOK JACKET

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	Main	RTC Library Main opac				820.93254 RAZ					Available	Donated by Dr.Dolma		30020409

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A Chronology of Jerome K. Jerome -- Three Men in a Boat -- Three Men on the Bummel.

"Three Men in a Boat describes a comic expedition up the Thames to Oxford, depicted with irresistibly genial humour by 'J'. As the fashionable late-1880s steam- launches of river swells encounter the hired skiffs of city clerks, J̀' presents a medley of social vignettes, farcical incidents, descriptions of river fashions, and reflections on the river's history. His gently skewed vision of a world in which things continually turn out rather differently than expected is continued in Three Men on the Bummel. The now middle-aged friends embark on a cycling tour in the Black Forest, and the new bicycling craze affords Jerome the opportunity for a light-hearted scrutiny of German social customs at a time of increasing preoccupation with a country he loved. This double-volume edition places two of the most popular works in English literature in the light of Jerome's varied career, illuminating their social context and enduring appeal."-- BOOK JACKET