![]() Almost every page leaves you in splits, resonating even after 128 years of it being published. And Jerome’s narrative is so humorous, it puts modern humor to shame. Unlike novels of those times, this one, maybe because its characters are based on real-life characters (the author and his two friends), is so much more relatable. But Three Men in a Boat isn’t one of them. There are novels that try to be humorous, that try to be a type of funny that crawls up on you. Now, both eyebrows are scrunched as I laugh great tear-inducing jerks of laughter. But it was when I picked it up and started reading it that I truly understood why it was getting the footage it was getting. I had thought that the book was grossly overhyped. ![]() Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat on a list of most humorous novels and being so widely appreciated, a skeptical eyebrow went up automatically. ![]()
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