Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

The media could not be loaded.  I don’t review the story of the books. I only talk about the physical aspects of the books. I’m pretty sure this was rated as “good” and I would say it’s practically brand new. Yes the pages are a bit yellow and it may look a bit weathered. But I LOVE Penguin Classics. And I love that this has the original orange penguin signet(not Signet). It’s perfect. Shout out to HalfPrice Books and Amazon Marketplace (an excellent deal!) can’t wait to read this!!

I read Three Men in a Boat when I was in school but didn't really appreciate it then. The book is very witty and gives a wonderful glimpse of the life of three rather foolish young men of several decades ago. Montmorency the dog steals the show. I sent it to an American friend and she really got the English humor. I haven't yet read Three Men in a Bummel. I'm looking forward to starting it.

Funny book, really enjoyed it

Jerome K. Jerome is a recent and most welcome discovery. The passage of time sometimes pushes excellent authors off onto literary sidings, much as high speed passenger trains do to important but less flashy local trains. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat" and "Three Men on the Bummel" should not be allowed to be shunted aside. Simply put, this two book in a single volume edition, is fun to read. You don't need specific knowledge of travel in England or Germany to appreciate Jerome's trips with his friends. It does add to the fun, but it is not necessary! You can, however, appreciate the comradeship and comedy of three guys who know each other and each other's foibles only too well, knocking about together on vacation. I've been on these sorts of trips and the scenarios are described to perfection. These stories are exactly what you would want to write about a trip with friends, if you could write as delightfully as Jerome K. Jerome. Highly recommended for just plain fun.

I read this antique story again and again over the years, and holler with laughter every time. It takes you back to an England not only of the later 1800s, but back in time to Kings, Queens, Knights and great battles.

I'm angry at my Brit Lit class for not introducing me to the wonder that is Jerome K. Jerome.You enjoy Douglas Adams, but want it a little less spacey and a lot less nihilistic?You like your English humor dry, timeless and served with a spot of tea?You want to find that the human condition really hasn't changed in the 130 some odd years since this book was first published?Quite a pleasant read. I suggest finding a map online to follow along the adventures of our intrepid "heroes".

Classic Jerome K. Jerome fun. Quick delivery.

A wonderful book (1889) about three London "clarks," newly liberated from their offices, out to row the Thames up to the historic areas. THREE MEN IN A BOAT is a landmark of lighthearted travel adventure, and is still being imitated today, right down to the cute dog. Unconditionally recommended for anyone looking for a humorous travel adventure. The success of the first THREE MEN virtually forced author Jerome K. Jerome to write its sequel, THREE MEN ON THE BUMMEL (1900), set in Germany on bicycles. This is a handsome way to get both.

That’s just cheap. Annoying to read.

I read Three Men in a Boat as a kid and thought it the funniest book I had ever read. I recently rebought it to see if it lived up to my memories half a century later. It didn't disappoint. The fractious relationship between the three men is beautifully observed, sending up English pompousness with many laugh out loud passages. Three Men on the Bummel (the follow up) is equally funny. Less about the psychology of the characters, but a wonderfully witty and gentle send-up of the German race, much of which still rings true today, including some prophetic observations about the country's political future.

Terribly disappointed.The book appears to be a pirated edition. When the book was received, for some reason I could not go through it and it remained stored.I took it out today to read it and was shocked to find that it started from page no. 349, went up to 362 and then started with i. The last page no. is 332. The barcode at the end of the book pasted over the printed barcode also makes it suspicious.It's too late, of course, to do anything about it now.

Many people would agree with me that Three Men in a Boat is the funniest book ever written. There are few books that can cause you to break out in laughter on public transport, and this is one of them. In theory, this is an account of a trip on the Thames River by three friends in the 1880s, and is theoretically intended as a guidebook. In fact, the author has a difficult time sticking to such winding linearity, and various incidents along the way remind him of others, and so on. There are purple passages (the beauty of the river at sunset) brought up short by reality (smacking into another boat while contemplating the sunset: silly gits). Folks who read this will each have their favorite bits; I myself can quote entire paragraphs from memory.[As bait: I first heard of the book in Chapter One of Robert Heinlein's Have Spacesuit Will Travel, where the narrator's father starts to read out the passage about the tin of pineapples - years later when I saw it in a shop, I bought it, and have never been the same since. RAH tricked a lot of us that way].Three Men on the Bummel relates a similar bicycle trip through Germany, and although less highly regarded, it is good to have it bound together with it's better known sibling. This second story relies for its humor on the contrast between 1880's Englishmen when confronted with stereotypes of Germans of the same period (cf the story of Herr Schlosenboschen in TMiaB). It is good fun for all that, there are many deviations from the main plot as in the other volume, and there are insights into German culture that are remarkably prescient. [Germans are a good people when well led: their misfortune will be when they are badly led ....]If these stories appeal, I recommend also J's autobiography, My Life and Times, which is in much the same spirit.

Kein Vergleich mit dem Blödel- und Alber-Film mit Heinz Erhardt (ich bin sein Fan, aber diesen Film halte ich für seinen Tiefpunkt)...Hatte vor einigen Jahren das wunderbare Hörbuch "3 Mann in einem Boot" von Götz Alsmann geschenkt bekommen, der das Buch in einer modernisierten Fassung vorliest (bei ihm wird z. B. aus dem "Housemaids Knee" ein "Tennisellenbogen"; denn: wer weiß heute noch um die schwere Arbeit der Dienstmägde, die auf den Knien den Boden schrubben mußten und deshalb arge Knieschmerzen bekamen? Der Tennisellenbogen ist ein dem heutigen Menschen eher bekanntes Leiden). Habe mittlerweile meine Begeisterung für dieses Hörbuch an viele Menschen in meiner Umgebung weitergegeben, wir könnten fast einen Fanclub gründen.Nun sah ich per Zufall, daß es quasi eine Fortsetzung gibt: Three men on the Bummel.Das Hörbuch im Kopf, habe ich erstmal das Original gelesen, in welcher eine abenteuerliche Bootsfahrt auf der Themse samt deren Vorbereitung und vielen kleinen eingestreuten Erlebnisberichten der drei Helden beschrieben wird und habe mich anschließend auf die Fortsetzungs-Story gestürzt, in welcher die drei Herren eine Fahrradtour durch Deutschland unternehmen.Danke, daß Amazon das Penguin-Büchlein binnen weniger Tage lieferte!Allen, die es nicht so ernst mögen (vor allem Menschen mit etwas medizinischen Kenntnissen, die das Hypochondertum der 3 Protagonisten einordnen können) werden Gefallen finden an dem Trio samt Hund.Ansonsten schließe ich mich den 3 Autoren an, die ihre Rezensionen in Englisch verfaßt haben (siehe unter "hilfreichste Kundenrezensionen")