Моя первая книга. Книга была издана в Лондоне в 1894 году. Это вовсе не детская книга, как можно подумать. Это сборник рассказов английских писателей 19-го века о том, как они писали свою первую книгу, часто с юмором и с интересными подробностями. Богато иллюстрированная книга с предисловием Джерома К. Джерома. 376 стр. 185 иллюстраций. Содержание: – Introduction by Jerome K....
Delphi Classics, 2014. — (Delphi Series Four Book 15). Famous for his comic masterpiece ‘Three Men in a Boat’, Jerome K. Jerome was a celebrated master of humor, whose works offer a rich and hilarious insight of late Victorian England. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Jerome K. Jerome, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and...
Format: Kindle Edition.
Print Length: 60 pages.
Publisher: Public Domain Books (March 17, 2006).
Language: English.
I dreamed once that I was going to be hanged; but I was not at all surprised about it. Nobody was. My relations came to see me off, I thought, and to wish me "Good-by!" They all came, and were all very pleasant; but they were not in the least astonished-not one...
Миссис Корнер — обычная английская леди, полгода назад она стала женой. Ее супруг, как ей кажется, не соответствует стандартному образу английского джентльмена, и она изо всех сил старается его переделать. Беда в том, что свои представления она почерпнула из посредственных пьес и бульварных романов — и за это ей придется расплатиться.
Текст на английском
Language: English Pages: 56 He is always cheerful and always good. We never knew a bad Irishman on the stage. Sometimes a stage Irishman seems to be a bad man-such as the "agent" or the "informer"-but in these cases it invariably turns out in the end that this man was all along a Scotchman, and thus what had been a mystery becomes clear and explicable.
This lesser-known work by Jerome K. Jerome takes the form of imaginary conversations between the writer and a number of un-named characters at the afternoon tea table. The Woman of the World, the Old Maid, the Girton Girl, the Philosopher and the Minor Poet wax lyrical on subjects like marriage, art, society and politics. Frequently they appear to prefer the sound of their own...
This lesser-known work by Jerome K. Jerome takes the form of imaginary conversations between the writer and a number of un-named characters at the afternoon tea table. The Woman of the World, the Old Maid, the Girton Girl, the Philosopher and the Minor Poet wax lyrical on subjects like marriage, art, society and politics. Frequently they appear to prefer the sound of their own...
Language: English Pages: 125 Category: PDF Genres: Satire, Short Story Collection, Humor Описание! I had a vexing dream one night, not long ago: it was about a fortnight after Christmas. I dreamt I flew out of the window in my nightshirt. I went up and up. I was glad that I was going up. "They have been noticing me," I thought to myself. "If anything,
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1909. - 332 с. Факсимильное издание 1909 годa, отпечатанное с набора первого издания 1889 года. Трое англичан отправляются в путешествие на лодке по Темзе.
Без выходных данных. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements...
The story begins by introducing George, Harris, 'J.' (the narrator) and Montmorency, the dog. The men are spending an evening in J.'s room, smoking and discussing illnesses they fancy they suffer from. They conclude they are all suffering from 'overwork' and need a holiday. A stay in the country and a sea trip are both considered, then rejected (J. describes the bad experiences...
Language: English
Pages: 392
Plot: Based on a holiday boat trip made by the author and his two real-life friends George and Harris. This humorous travelogue includes local history of towns along the Thames, as well as a few serious and sentimental passages, but remains at its core a comic novel.
Classics of English litterature. The sparkling wit of dialoques and descriptions is quite unique. The dazzling epigrams are directed at traditions and morals that English society holds dear. Atmosphere of English countryside gives a feeling of happiness and purity.
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