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Summary: Be adventurous - and out of breath - read this one aloud!
Review: At risk of repeating many of the other reviews here, this book is fabulous! Very funny take on Victoran England from the time. I found it after reading Connie Willis' TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG and probably couldn't pick which one of the pair I liked better.My personal advice here is that if you want to risk never being able to get through a full paragraph without stopping to double over with laughter is to READ THIS BOOK ALOUD! My husband and I tend to read aloud books that we are both interested in reading and that we're pretty confident of the quality of and this one definitely made the cut. It's a much better (and funnier) way to spend a few evenings than watching sitcoms on TV.
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Summary: Transatlantic humor
Review: I won't say that _Three Men in a Boat_ isn't funny. It is. But the humor isn't singular and quintessentially English, as it's often described. In fact, it's a lot like Mark Twain's, just not as funny. If you enjoy the combination of whimsy and satire mixed with travel, you'd do even better to read _Roughing It_, _The Innocents Abroad_, or _A Tramp Abroad_.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: I read this after reading Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog (which is sort of a remake of Jerome's book). I was worried that, after Willis' book which is fantastic, I would be disappointed by Three Men and a Boat but no such thing! Jerome is hilarious and his characters are wonderfully unselfconscious English eccentrics. Their journey down the river (taken b/c of poor health-all the characters are hypochondriacs) had me laughing non-stop. I can't understand why this book is not better known. If you are an Anglophile, a history buff or, even just a lover of eccentric characters, this is the book for you. Buy it, rent a boat and float down the nearest river reading this! You won't regret it!
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Summary: Read the book that introduced me to Connie Willis
Review: Other reviewers mentioned that they came across this book after reading Connie Willis' 'To Say Nothing of the Dog'. In my case it was the other way around, and it was a blurb on the cover of Terry Pratchett's 'The Colour of Magic' that made me pick up 'Three Men in a Boat' when I came across it at a used bookshop. Who would have thought that life in the 1890's was so, well, modern? From obsession with health and the body, to the difficulties of opening tins with random objects, and the happy oblivion of courting couples, this book could have been written yesterday. Almost yesterday anyway, there's no getting away from the language and lack of aeroplanes. But the language, instead of being a stuffy hindrance, is crackling sharp, and hilariously funny. This book is a gem you should share with anyone you come across (and will be if you are foolhardy enough to read it in public).
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Summary: Terrific Fun - And Check Online
Review: Other reviewers have noted the wonderful properties of this book. I, too, love it. And, you can enjoy this fine edition, from Amazon.com. Since it is a century old, if you want it even faster than Amazon can deliver it, you can check it out on Project Gutenberg where the complete text, out of copyright now, is available to download (free). Cheers!
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Summary: Great Summer Reading
Review: This book and a good chair were meant for each other. From the onset one realizes that it is a timeless tongue in cheek look at the lives of the self important. Anyone who has ever been on vacation with another person will enjoy the telling of this trip. The main character thinks that he does the majority of the work and is the only sensible one. The dog lends an air of sensibility and nonchalance to the status of his owner. Both my sister and I read this book and we attempted to tell our third sister about it. We could only get out a few words such as "Uncle Podger" or "cheese" before we would break up laughing. Needless to say the other sister did not get much out of of telling; and is now reading the book. It is the kind of book that you can read over and over and still laugh aloud. For those who wish to read it, I can only offer one piece of advice - buy two copies. You will want to give it to your friends to read but won't want to part with your copy.
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Summary: Humour for ever
Review: A kind of humour still current, gentle and delightful as the age allowed but a significant drawing of how the life of three bachelors aged about thirty can be. Maybe I recollect some very similar situations (with the due adaptations), I enjoyed it as a timeless humour, built on the art of the written word and the descriptive ability. It is a sample belonging a kind of literature, good level humoresque or adventurous, suitable for children and adults, typical and still vivid in the Anglo-Saxon tradition and worldwide known.
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Summary: like a firework!!!!
Review: Incredible, bright, with the great sence of humor and wonderful tact. Some books are silly-funny, this BOOK - you'll forget about dinner, family and bad mood (if people who surround you don't like noise - close the door to your room, you will LAUGH).
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Summary: Not your average guide book
Review: When an author's name is Jerome K. Jerome, you know you are in for something special and this book does not disappoint you. Originally conceived as a guide to the River Thames, Three Men in a Boat, is the funniest, maddest book you are ever likely to find about something as simple as idling down a river in a small boat. The book ranges far and wide beyond the scope of either a travel guide or a memoir. It is full of little anecdotes about such things as barometers and hypochondria. It makes mention of the pleasures and perils of having your boat towed by girls. It explains the dangers posed by swans and the perils of eating canned pork pies. Whilst the style is from a gentler age, the book is never stuffy or boring. The humour is as fresh today as it was when Queen Victoria was on the throne. This book is so funny that I had to stop reading it on the London Underground where laughter and frivolity are frowned upon.
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Summary: Victorian sedative
Review: This book is a very slow-paced story of a rowboat journey on the river. Many humorous incidents. Mark Twain's much better.
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