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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

  • 128 pages ยท about 2 hours
  • First published 1880
  • 433 editions
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1 About this book

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. The essays cover a range of topics from "On Being in Love" to "On Furnished Apartments" to "On Getting on in the World". Jerome established himself as one of England's favorite wits with his comic novel Three Men in a Boat.

Good for readers who want: essays, humor, and a short read.

  • English wit and humor
  • Humor, essays
  • Essays
  • Humor
  • Anecdotes
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3 About Jerome K. Jerome

1859โ€“1927

Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 โ€“ 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, in the English Midlands.

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