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.
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.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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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
Last edited by shortysweetp; 07-31-2005 at 10:42 AM.
Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you have never met.
Any book that starts out with a guy talking about his illnesses is ok with me. It's starting out waaayyyy better then Rebecca!!
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
its funny so far i have read 3 chapters of boat
Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you have never met.
What is a Bummel?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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bummel: stroll; leisurely journey
I have a plan: attack!
Thanks for that, Jay!
I think I, too, need some of these liver-pills as I am displaying similar symptoms!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."
And Montmorency is a dog??? This I really did not expect!
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.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."
Do we know how old these chaps are?
Last edited by Scheherazade; 08-05-2005 at 11:15 AM.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
And Montmorency is a dog??? This I really did not expect!
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....
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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There is now a quiz on Jerome K. Jerome on the site available for those who are interested:
http://www.online-literature.com/for....php?quizid=23
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I just finished the book, it was a cute story, well 2 cute stories.
I recieved a 60% on the quiz.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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