Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

J. and his companions George and Harris, avid sufferers of hypochondria and general degeneracy, determined that an excursion up the River Thames would be the ideal remedy. Little did they foresee the obstacles that awaited them along the journey, from troublesome tow-ropes and unreliable weather predictions to tins of pineapple chunks and the rambunctious antics of J.'s small fox-terrier, Montmorency. With the success of Three Men in a Boat in 1889, author Jerome delighted readers by reuniting his now older, yet not necessarily wiser, characters in Three Men on the Bummel, taking them on a wild bicycle adventure through Germany. Both novels capture the essence of the late-Victorian era with their lighthearted escapades, insightful authorial tangents, and charming portrayal of the working-class clerks of the time.