Three Men in a Boat
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- 6,99 €
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- 6,99 €
Publisher Description
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) - is a humorous novel, written by English writer and humorist Jerome Klapka Jerome, published in 1889. It is about a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
The book was at first a serious travel guide with accounts of local history and route, but the humorous elements took over and made it to the comic novel. One of distinctive features of book is that jokes seem to be fresh and witty even today.
The story based on Jerome and two his real friends, George Wingrave and Carl Hentschel (Harris in book) with whom J. often took boat trips. The dog is entirely fictional. The trip is a typical boating holiday in a Thames camping skiff.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jerome's classic British comedy is recounted by House's Hugh Laurie in a marvelously entertaining performance that will bring listeners to the banks of the Thames and carry them away into a world where three men and a dog named Montmorency venture from London to Oxford one sunny day. At just two and a half hours, the journey is short but sweet as Laurie captures the essence of Jerome's touching tale. With his classic witty tone, Laurie dives headfirst into each character, offering his own take on each colorful personality. There is a subtle theatrical aspect at work here as Laurie delivers a knockout one-man show that displays his wide-ranging talent.
