Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 2)


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(4.5 stars; 68 reviews)

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.

The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers — the jokes seem fresh and witty even today.
(Wikipedia) (6 hr 24 min)

Chapters

Preface to American Edition 1:30 Read by Phil Chenevert
Chapter 1 21:54 Read by Phil Chenevert
Chapter 2 12:45 Read by Caroline Driggs
Chapter 3 19:16 Read by Sandra G
Chapter 4 26:59 Read by Sandra G
Chapter 5 16:37 Read by Winston Tharp
Chapter 6 24:52 Read by Vinnie Tesla
Chapter 7 19:10 Read by Terra Mendoza
Chapter 8 24:04 Read by Terra Mendoza
Chapter 9 20:26 Read by Caroline Driggs
Chapter 10 21:45 Read by Terra Mendoza
Chapter 11 21:02 Read by Winston Tharp
Chapter 12 23:44 Read by Caroline Driggs
Chapter 13 23:59 Read by Adrian Wheal
Chapter 14 22:01 Read by Adrian Wheal
Chapter 15 27:45 Read by Adrian Wheal
Chapter 16 7:13 Read by Adrian Wheal
Chapter 17 15:18 Read by Adrian Wheal
Chapter 18 14:04 Read by Adrian Wheal
Chapter 19 19:52 Read by Adrian Wheal

Reviews

Enjoyable, Amusing


(5 stars)

Good, light book. Funny.

The book has always been exceptional. The narrator is splendid.


(5 stars)

Female narrators for male first person character doesn't work.


(2 stars)

I had to give up when the female readers appeared. It's simply too confusing when the s main character and first person narrator is supposed to be male. It took me right out of te story.

Too many narrators


(4 stars)

The book is interesting and funny at times. Didn't enjoy too many narrators. Would be more enjoyable if one person read the entire book

such an enjoyable book


(5 stars)

hilarious from start to finish, and the readers add to the pleasure.

A funny tale of travel


(4 stars)

Dry English humor at some of its best