Project Gutenberg 2025-06-09 Public domain in the USA. 232 Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) 1859 1927 Jerome, Jerome Klapka Jerome, J. K. Jerome, J.K. Jerome, Jerome Clapp Varlet, Théo 1878 1938 Varlet, Theo Three men in a boat. French Trois hommes dans un bateau Onzième édition $aParis :$bÉditions de la Sirène, $c1924. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Hommes_dans_un_bateau Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "Trois hommes dans un bateau" by Jerome K. Jerome is a humorous novel written in the late 19th century. It follows three friends—J., George, and Harris—and a fox-terrier, Montmorency, who set out on a boating holiday up the Thames in search of rest and change. The tone blends travelogue and comedy, poking fun at hypochondria, overwork, and social habits through deadpan anecdotes and genial satire. The opening of the novel shows the trio diagnosing themselves as “overworked” while the narrator, a comic hypochondriac, recalls convincing himself he had every disease in a medical book until a doctor prescribes steak, beer, long walks, and early nights. They debate vacation plans, reject a sea voyage amid tales of seasickness, and settle on the Thames, compromising to camp in fine weather and sleep at inns in the rain, while Montmorency’s mischief-loving character is introduced. Planning turns to what to bring: George wisely insists on essentials, there is bravado about morning swims and naive talk of laundering in the river, and they avoid paraffin and cheese after malodorous past disasters (capped by an extended cheese fiasco). Provisions and gear are listed; packing becomes farce as J. battles the eternal toothbrush, George and Harris crush and misplace items (notably butter in the kettle), and Montmorency gleefully sabotages. They oversleep on departure day until Mrs. Poppets rouses them, and the scene ends with George awakened in a rush and stepping straight into a tub. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k805271 20240927231932jerome 1924 FR Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Young men -- Travel -- England -- Thames River -- Fiction Boats and boating -- England -- Thames River -- Fiction Dogs -- Fiction Humorous stories, English Thames River (England) -- Fiction Male friendship -- Fiction PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 459482 2025-07-30T07:19:47.071760 text/html 434821 2025-06-09T08:48:06 text/html 399855 2025-07-30T07:19:53.249718 application/epub+zip 399559 2025-07-30T07:19:48.145775 application/epub+zip 312653 2025-07-30T07:19:47.623776 application/epub+zip 648581 2025-07-30T07:19:57.462737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621172 2025-07-30T07:19:52.808732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426101 2025-07-30T07:19:46.204810 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 406144 2025-06-09T08:48:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16265 2025-07-30T07:19:57.626690 application/rdf+xml 16895 2025-07-30T07:19:47.813752 image/jpeg 3099 2025-07-30T07:19:47.716753 image/jpeg 339726 2025-07-30T07:19:47.114790 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia