Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
Jerome K. Jerome
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers. The jokes seem fresh and witty even today.
The three men were based on Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George, and Harris. The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, "had much of me in it." (Summary from Wikipedia) (6 hr 38 min)
Chapters
Chapter 01 | 22:18 | Read by Geetu Melwani |
Chapter 02 | 14:27 | Read by Betsie Bush |
Chapter 03 | 16:05 | Read by Betsie Bush |
Chapter 04 | 22:59 | Read by Jim Mullins |
Chapter 05 | 19:10 | Read by Linton |
Chapter 06 | 21:26 | Read by Brooks Seveer |
Chapter 07 | 18:00 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter 08 | 22:38 | Read by Chip |
Chapter 09 | 19:42 | Read by Chris Hughes |
Chapter 10 | 22:37 | Read by Marlo Dianne |
Chapter 11 | 23:03 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter 12 | 24:21 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter 13 | 28:03 | Read by Peter Yearsley |
Chapter 14 | 21:37 | Read by Matthew Walton |
Chapter 15 | 36:08 | Read by Peter Yearsley |
Chapter 16 | 8:31 | Read by Kim Braun |
Chapter 17 | 16:58 | Read by Asaf Bartov |
Chapter 18 | 15:45 | Read by Betsie Bush |
Chapter 19 | 24:56 | Read by Peter Yearsley |
Reviews
Best story every





X
Old J is a genius
Not a very funny story and the "humor" gets old fast





ListeninginChicago
I had seen quite a few recommendations to listen to this book on the Librivox forums, but it just didn't cut it for me. I made it through chapter 6, thinking it might get better along the way, but it didn't. The "humor" is an exaggeration of how awful or absurd the rest of the world is compared to the perfectly reasonable (not) narrator. It got old fast. For those who enjoy this author or book, the readers that I heard did a fine job. It's a collaborative project, with different people reading each chapter, so you get a variety of accents and reading styles. They were clear, moderately paced and with good sound quality on the recordings.
Has humour and a poetic feel





Alex Polkovsky In Canada
I'm enjoying hearing this book read. I has portions of humour and some of it is poetic in language and cadence. The book came recommended by a friend of mine.





ARAA
Very funny even by today standards. Some of the references I didnât get but that is to be expected. The Author honestly couldâve been a pretty good standup comedian.
Makes me chuckle every time!





Laura
I adore this author. His style of humor and the times when he gets very contemplative make for an enjoyable read.





Wonderful book. I enjoyed the various readers although it hurt the continuity some. This author is one of my new favorites!





A few tracks were hard to hear. More likely to make you fall asleep than keep you awake with interest.
good book well narrated





AbH
A funny classic in its own right, well narrated by most readers.