(1) Based on a holiday boat trip made by the author and his two real-life friends George and Harris. This humorous travelogue includes local history of towns along the Thames‚ as well as a few serious and sentimental passages‚ but remains at its core a comic novel (2) Jerome.....a funny man....thinking anything to be a joke....lives the life the way it takes it to...no practical thinking..just tries to do everything the way he is
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with J‚ and his friends harris and George‚ deciding to take a boat trip up the Thames from Kingston to oxford‚ and then back again (the book was written in 1888‚ when boating on the Thames was enormously popular). They are unanimous in agreeing that this is a good idea (except for J’s dog‚ Montmorency‚ who doesn’t care for boating). They have trouble getting packed‚ and in the morning Harris and J take a train to Kingston‚ where the boat is waiting for them. George is joining them later when he has
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1. describe harris ’ attempt at making scrambled eggs 2. who is reffered to as the angle and why? 3. will it be prudent to stay at a home where a couple is courting? 4. describe the mountmorency ’s encourter with the cat? 5. describe the scene in the loddy of the HAYMARKET STORES? 6. WHAT WERE THE INGREDIENTS OF THE IRISH STEW? 7. DESCRIBE SONNIND?what the eye does not see‚ the stomach does not get upset over.how do u feel? 8. relate the treagic storyof the womam whose dead body was found
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i never saw a man’s face change from lively to severe so suddenly in all my life before..... I was very cold when I got back into the boat‚ and‚ in my hurry to get my shirt on‚ I accidentally jerked it into the water. It made me awfully wild‚ especially as George burst out laughing. I could not see anything to laugh at‚ and I told George so‚ and he only laughed the more. I never saw a man laugh so much. I quite lost my temper with him at last‚ and I pointed out to him what a drivelling maniac of
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CHAPTER I. Three invalids.—Sufferings of George and Harris.—A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies.—Useful prescriptions.—Cure for liver complaint in children.—We agree that we are overworked‚ and need rest.—A week on the rolling deep?—George suggests the River.—Montmorency lodges an objection.—Original motion carried by majority of three to one. There were four of us—George‚ and William Samuel Harris‚ and myself‚ and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room‚ smoking‚ and talking
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THREE MEN IN A BOAT(TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG). by Jerome K. JeromeCHAPTER I.THERE were four of us - George‚ and William Samuel Harris‚ and myself‚ and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room‚ smoking‚ and talking about how bad we were - bad from a medical point of view I mean‚ of course.We were all feeling seedy‚ and we were getting quite nervous about it. Harris said he felt such extraordinary fits of giddiness come over him at times‚ that he hardly knew what he was doing; and then George said
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Analysis of the text “Three men in a boat”. I’d like to tell you an extract from the novel “Three men in a boat”‚ written by Jerome K. Jerome. He is a well-known English writer‚ whose novels have enjoyed great popularity. He is famous for his art of story-telling‚ his vivid style and his humour which is generally expressed in laughter-provoking situations often based on misunderstanding. With sparkling humour he criticized the weak sides of human nature. The action is set at Sonning‚ a
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HARRIS - • a practical young man‚ who could not appreciate romanticism in the world around him. • fond of drinking and eating; not too fond of working hard. • not much imagination and was more aggressive than the other two. • had a strange fascination for cemeteries and tombs • not much aesthetic sense and dressed in loud colours like orange and yellow‚ which did not suit him. • a terrible singer and could never remember the words to a song. • thought he could cook well‚ but as the incident
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are based on that sparkling manner of writing. The passage presents a piece of narration intercepted with a description. It may be split into two logically complete parts. The first part – “Beautiful Sonning “ describes the place the three friends got out of the boat and put up for the night. The second part – “Cooking Irish srew” narrates how they cooked Irish stew. The extract begins with the description of the beautiful view and comfortable destination of the place where the action comes to
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The analysis 1. The title of the story. The function of the title is to inform the reader briefly of what the text or story that follows is about. Sometimes titles show individuality оf the writer. They are characterizing by shortness and catching character. A skillful worked out title tells the whole story on enough of the story to satisfy the reader ’s curiosity. 2.The plot of the story. Most novels and stories have plots. Every plot is arrangement of meaningful events. The plot has such
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