Three Men In A Boat

Jerome K. Jerome

1889 • 177 pages

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Three feckless young men take a rowing holiday on the Thames river in 1888.

Referenced by [Robert A. Heinlein][1] in [Have Spacesuit Will Travel][2] as Kip's father's favorite book. Inspired [To Say Nothing of the Dog][3] by [Connie Willis][4].

[1]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL28641A/Robert_A._Heinlein
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL59727W/Have_Space_Suit_Will_Travel
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14858398W/To_Say_Nothing_of_the_Dog_or_how_we_found_the_bishop's_bird_stump_at_last#about/about
[4]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL20934A/Connie_Willis

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Three Men is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1889 with contributions by Jerome K. Jerome.

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Rosemarie Jagger

Hard going in places - witty in places

December 10, 2011

egg

Lazing down the Thames
bored with pretending to work
the dog has more sense.

September 10, 2017

Scott

There are lol parts to this book. It's best if you like dry British humor.

February 3, 2019

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