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    <![CDATA[Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. &quot;Three Men in a Boat&quot; was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', it hilariously captured the spirit of its age.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[H I L A R I O U S.  Reminds me a little of Wodehouse and Thurber and Keillor, but is somehow unlike any of those guys.  I can't remember the last time I came across such perfectly pitched sarcasm on the page.  Lots and lots of silly fun.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Utterly delightful from beginning to end; had me in stitches more than once. I loved the digressions, the endless tales about friends and friends-of-friends; the charming diagrams; the sudden swoops into romantic (and Romantic) flights of fancy. In my mind, all three characters spoke like Hugh Lauri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41176878">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book puts me in mind of the time my friends and I decided it would be a great idea to go to my mother's house in the Poconos during spring break.<br/><br/>It was back in the late nineteen-hundreds, and we were a college cadre of Dungeons &amp; Dragons players who had a great campaign going.  &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32149792">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. &quot;Three Men in a Boat&quot; was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', it hilariously captured the spirit of its age.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're looking for a book with a plot, this is not for you. But if you'd like to take a leisurely trip down the Thames in good company, I can't imagine a better book. Jerome K. Jerome, is even funnier than his name. I kept catching myself smiling as I read his account of his trip down the river w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18926258">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ The humorously true tale of three men who go on a boating trip down the Thames in the late 1880's. Jerome manages to include a variety of observations about the absurdity of human behavior, which hasn't changed much since this was written. His method is a lot like stand-up comics of today, although...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17145314">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. &quot;Three Men in a Boat&quot; was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', it hilariously captured the spirit of its age.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Basically, it's a narrative of three men (and a dog) taking a boat trip down the river in the late 1800s. Filled with flashbacks and tangential stories that range from the hysterically funny to tragic and heartwarming. <br/><br/>There is so much going on, so much jumping around that it (occassiona...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10908387">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. &quot;Three Men in a Boat&quot; was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', it hilariously captured the spirit of its age.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Three Men in a Boat reads like a cross between Tristram Shandy and Cold Comfort Farm.  While it's not as difficult to get through as the former, I didn't find it as hilarious and speedy as the latter.<br/><br/>The funny moments were the best parts.  All of the digressions, the bit with Montmorency...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43454773">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm afraid I couldn't give this book the proper attention it deserved.  Were I not at such a time in life right now when things are spinning at a frantic and busy rate, I could have sat back and enjoyed the relaxed anecdotal style.  But my mind is too  skittery right now to follow winding trails and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42611812">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Seriously hilarious! This is so not my world - the characters are Victorian Oxford students skiving off on a raft on the Thames. But their antics are so hilarious that I really wanted to hang out with them. Laugh out loud funny! <br/><br/>I actually discovered this book because of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14032.Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a>'s ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57980272">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[4.5 Three men in a Boat is an amusing anecdotal travelogue of overly privileged bachelors enjoying their idle time floating down the Thames. It is a bit tough to distinguish between the personalities, as the characters including the main character are nearly interchangeable. Lackadaisical feeling al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46858667">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have just re-read this delightful little book.  I read it many years ago (when I was but a callow youth) and remember that I liked it very much.  Now in my dotage, I found it not only just as enthralling as before, but somehow even more laugh-at-loud than I remember.(wisdom of age?)<br/><br/>My ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55268306">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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