Jerome K. Jerome
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Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat.
He was born in Walsall (now in the West Midlands, but then in Staffordshire), where there is now a museum in his honour, and brought up in poverty in London.
Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men On The Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels.
One of the most famous quotations from Three Men in a Boat is
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
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Bibliography
Novels
- The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886)
- Three Men in a Boat (1889)
- The Diary of a Pilgrimage (1891)
- Novel Notes (1893)
- The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1898)
- Three Men on the Bummel (aka Three Men on Wheels) (1900)
- Paul Kelver, a novel (1902)
- Tommy and Co (1904)
- They and I (1909)
- All Roads Lead to Calvary (1919)
- Anthony John (1923)
- The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl (1999)
- The Philosopher's Joke (1999)
Collections
- Told After Supper (1891)
- John Ingerfield: And Other Stories (1894)
- Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green (1895)
- The Observations of Henry (1901)
- The Angel and the Author and Others (1904)
- American Wives and Others (1904)
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back: And Other Stories (1907)
- Malvina of Brittany (1916)
- Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel (1974)
- After Supper Ghost Stories: And Other Tales (1985)
Non fiction
- My Life and Times (1926)
Anthologies containing stories by Jerome K. Jerome
- Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
- The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957)
- Famous Monster Tales (1967)
- The 5th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1969)
- The Rivals of Frankenstein (1975)
- The 17th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1981)
- Stories in the Dark (1984)
- Gaslit Nightmares (1988)
- Horror Stories (1988)
- 100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
- Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy (1998)
- 100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
Short stories
- The Haunted Mill (1891)
- The New Utopia (1891)
- The Dancing Partner (1893)
- Christmas Eve in the Blue Chamber
- Silhouettes
- The Skeleton
- The Snake
- The Woman of the Saeter
External links
- Template:Gutenberg author
- The Jerome K. Jerome Society (http://www.jeromekjerome.com/)
- Jerome K. Jerome Quotes subject-wise (http://www.jkjquotes.com/)he:ג'רום ק. ג'רום
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