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Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
1859–1927
Best remembered for the comic classic Three Men in a Boat, this English writer had a gift for turning everyday mishaps into warm, sharp humor. His work helped make late-Victorian comedy feel lively, modern, and very human.
44 Audiobooks
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Three men on the bummel
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Novel Notes
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Angel and the Author, and Others
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Diary of a Pilgrimage
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Paul Kelver
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Told After Supper
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Passing of the Third Floor Back
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Philosopher's Joke
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
All Roads Lead to Calvary
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Cost of Kindness
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Stage-Land
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Idle Ideas in 1905
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Tres Homes Dins D'una Barca (Sense comptar-hi el gos)
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Tea-Table Talk
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
John Ingerfield, and Other Stories
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Clocks
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
They and I
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Dreams
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Tres Anglesos S'esbargeixen
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Egy naplopó tünődései
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Anthony John
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Tommy and Co.
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Observations of Henry
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
On the Stage--and Off: The Brief Career of a Would-Be Actor
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Les trois hommes en Allemagne
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Observations of Henry
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome, Eden Phillpotts
Malvina of Brittany
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Evergreens
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Master of Mrs. Chilvers: An Improbable Comedy
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Soul of Nicholas Snyders; Or, The Miser of Zandam
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Kolme miestä veneessä
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Fanny and the Servant Problem
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Keijukainen
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Viehättävä rouva y.m. luonnekuvia
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
About the author
Born in Walsall, England, in 1859, he worked a string of jobs before finding his voice as a writer. That experience fed the observant, easygoing style that made his essays, plays, and fiction feel close to ordinary life rather than grand literary display.
His biggest success was Three Men in a Boat (1889), a comic travel novel that became enormously popular and has stayed widely read ever since. He also wrote Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Three Men on the Bummel, and for a time edited the magazine The Idler.
Though he is most often remembered for his humor, his writing could also be reflective and affectionate, with a strong sense of the absurd side of daily life. He died in 1927, but his best work still feels brisk, companionable, and easy to enjoy aloud.