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Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
1859–1927
Best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat, this English writer and humorist turned everyday mishaps, travel, and human eccentricity into enduring comedy. His lively style made him one of the most popular comic authors of his era.
43 Audiobooks
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog)
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Idle Ideas in 1905
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Told After Supper
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
They and I
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Malvina of Brittany
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Fanny and the Servant Problem
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Angel and the Author, and Others
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Stage-Land
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Diary of a Pilgrimage
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Evergreens
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Three men on the bummel
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Dreams
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Anthony John
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome, Eden Phillpotts
The Observations of Henry Illustrated
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
On the Stage--and Off: The Brief Career of a Would-Be Actor
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Master of Mrs. Chilvers: An Improbable Comedy
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Tommy and Co.
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
All Roads Lead to Calvary
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Clocks
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Tres Homes Dins D'una Barca (Sense comptar-hi el gos)
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Keijukainen
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Cost of Kindness
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies
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
Viehättävä rouva y.m. luonnekuvia
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Tres anglesos s'esbargeixen
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Paul Kelver
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Novel Notes
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Egy naplopó tünődései
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The Observations of Henry
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Les trois hommes en Allemagne
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Trois hommes dans un bateau
by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
About the author
Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, on May 2, 1859, Jerome Klapka Jerome grew up in a family that later struggled financially. After leaving school, he worked in a clerical post and spent several years as an actor before turning to writing. He adopted “Klapka” as a middle name in honor of the Hungarian general György Klapka, who was staying with his family around the time of Jerome’s birth.
Jerome achieved lasting fame with Three Men in a Boat (1889), a comic account of a boating holiday on the River Thames. He also wrote essays, novels, plays, and the sequel Three Men on the Bummel, along with works such as Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, The Passing of the Third Floor Back, and the autobiography My Life and Times.
He died in Northampton on June 14, 1927, after falling ill during a motoring tour of England. His ashes were later buried at St Mary’s Church in Ewelme, Oxfordshire.