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Jerome K. Jerome


Born
in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, The United Kingdom
May 02, 1859

Died
June 14, 1927

Genre
Classics, Comedy


Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twenties, he was able to publish some work, and success followed. He married in 1888, and the honeymoon was spent on a boat on the River Thames; he published Three Men in a Boat soon afterwards. He continued to wr ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 104,784 ratings · 9,766 reviews · 841 distinct works • Similar authors
Three Men in a Boat (Three ...
3.83 avg rating — 79,507 ratings — published 1889 — 3290 editions
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Three Men on the Bummel
3.77 avg rating — 6,757 ratings — published 1900 — 8 editions
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Three Men in a Boat and Thr...
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4.02 avg rating — 4,179 ratings — published 1889 — 105 editions
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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fe...
3.84 avg rating — 3,236 ratings — published 1886 — 1032 editions
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Told After Supper
3.56 avg rating — 1,108 ratings — published 1891 — 146 editions
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3.79 avg rating — 614 ratings — published 1893 — 152 editions
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Diary of a Pilgrimage (Nons...
3.77 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 1891 — 169 editions
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Second Thoughts of an Idle ...
3.79 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1898 — 264 editions
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Selected Short Stories From...
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Series by Jerome K. Jerome

Three Men in a Boat Three Men on the Bummel
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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fe... Second Thoughts of an Idle ...
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“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
― Jerome K. Jerome
tags: humor, work
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“Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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“I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can't help it.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat
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