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BBC adaptations of the 19th-century humourist’s best-loved tales, plus Judith French’s sly comedy based on Jerome’s experiences as a would-be actor Jerome K Jerome is best known for his comedy classic Three Men in a Boat and its sequel Three Men on the Bummel. Both hilarious tales are...

An early life of poverty exacerbated by the death of his parents in his early teens helped to cruelly mould the young Jerome. After early stints on the railways, as an actor, a journalist, a school teacher, a writer, and a solicitor's clerk he had some minor success with a collection of comic personal essays On the Stage - and Off about his earlier stint as an actor. Shortly thereafter he married and his honeymoon on the Thames became the inspiration for Three Men in a Boat.

Jerome Klapka Jerome è considerato uno dei maggiori umoristi inglesi. Questo delizioso e poco noto suo libro racconta di quattro amici che decidono di scrivere insieme un romanzo. Durante i loro incontri il romanzo da scrivere diventa un pretesto per racconti, storie, considerazioni, divertenti e tristi, mescolate così come queste emozioni lo sono nella vita. Un libro intenso e ricco di spunti interessanti, che non mancherà , alla fine, un sorriso, e il rimpianto che sia già finito. Cornice musicale di George Gershwin.