THREE MEN IN A BOAT

THREE MEN IN A BOAT

SOME FACTS ON THREE MEN IN A BOAT

Author :Jerome K. Jerome Country :United Kingdom

Language :English Genre :Comedy novel

Publisher :J. W. Arrowsmith Publication date:1889

The next day begins with the housekeeper waking the men at

9:00 in the morning, each blaming the others for not waking

them all up sooner.

At breakfast, they check the weather forecast. J. remarks that weather

forecasts are useless things, as they forecast "precisely what happened yesterday or the day before, and precisely the opposite of what is

going to happen to-day.

After breakfast, Harris and J. move the luggage outside to wait for a cab. This is the first time it has all been in one place, and J. is surprised at the bulk of it all.

As they wait for the cab, a group of boys gathers around starts

teasing the men. The group gets larger and the teasing continues that the men must be embarking on a long journey into Africa, or

across the Atlantic

An empty cab finally arrives and takes them to Waterloo.

The men reached the Waterloo station at eleven to catch the

eleven-five train.