August '05 Books: 'Three Men in a Boat' and 'Three Men on the Bummel

[Scheherazade]

Please post your comments and questions on Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome in this thread.

[shortysweetp]

i have found the text online for those that want to read it and dont have a copy or a library near by or like me is in the process of moving.

"Three Men in a Boat"
http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/boat/boat.htm

"Three Men on the Bummel"
http://www.blackmask.com/olbooks/threemenbummeldex.htm

[papayahed]

Any book that starts out with a guy talking about his illnesses is ok with me. It's starting out waaayyyy better then Rebecca!!

[shortysweetp]

its funny so far i have read 3 chapters of boat

[Scheherazade]

What is a Bummel?

[Jay]

bummel (http://phrontistery.info/b.html/word?word=bummel): stroll; leisurely journey

[Scheherazade]

Thanks for that, Jay! :)


In the present instance, going back to the liver-pill circular, I had the symptoms, beyond all mistake, the chief among them being "a general disinclination to work of any kind."I think I, too, need some of these liver-pills as I am displaying similar symptoms!


And Montmorency is a dog??? This I really did not expect! :D
When first he came to live at my expense, I never thought I should be able to get him to stop long. I used to sit down and look at him, as he sat on the rug and looked up at me, and think: "Oh, that dog will never live. He will be snatched up to the bright skies in a chariot, that is what will happen to him."

I have read only three chapters but I am enjoying the Boat a lot! It has that humourous nonchalant British attitude towards life which is lost now... unfortunately. Reminds me of Wilde in some aspects.

Do we know how old these chaps are?

[papayahed]

And Montmorency is a dog??? This I really did not expect! :D



I was gonna post that as well!!

These guys sound like people I would hang out with, heck I think I do hang out with them....

[Scheherazade]

Finished Boat and started on Bummel.

Really enjoyed the Boat; even though it seems like a simple account of 3 guys' boat journey, Jerome is very cleverly integrating a humourous and critical view of everything English and human nature in general. There are so many passages I kept re-reading and reading aloud to people around me.

I have read only one chapter from the Bummel but somehow I am not liking it as much. Feels a little forced somehow, which is natural for a sequel maybe.


********BUMMEL SPOILER*********

I was curious about their ages but since in this book they are married and have families, in the Boat they were in their early 20s maybe?

[Scheherazade]

There is now a quiz on Jerome K. Jerome on the site available for those who are interested:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/quiz.php?quizid=23

[papayahed]

I just finished the book, it was a cute story, well 2 cute stories.

I recieved a 60% on the quiz.