The Absent-minded Man

by Jerome K. Jerome

Unknown Binding

About the author

Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twenties, he was able to publish some work, and success followed. He married in 1888, and the honeymoon was spent on a boat on the River Thames; he published Three Men in a Boat soon afterwards. He continued to write fiction, non-fiction and plays over the next few decades, though never with the same level of success.

Reviews

[Saptarshi Bhattacharya · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story is a quaint character-study of an absent-minded man, replete with trademark Jerome.K.Jerome humor having a fair share of 'LOL' moments. However, The most intriguing facet of this story is the point of view of its narrative style. The narrative of the entire story is from a second person point of view. The writer here, puts the readers in the protagonists shoes and makes them see the world he sees. For these reasons, it is a very interesting and entertaining read and I highly recommend it.

[Vaishnavi Jayakumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a funny beginning.
The thing I love about short stories is that, it kinda leaves greater space for u to think.
By the end, I was deeply thinking if the guy described by the protoganist had amnesia.
So, this story is a collection of anecdotes of tht guy🌺
Jerome's stories are the kind that u wanna read again and again.....love it! 🌺