![]() Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book that takes place on or near a body of water. Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome. This is a comedic tale of the author's late 19th century vacation on the river with two friends (and the dog, Montmorency). The voice could best be described as "British Mark Twain." Jerome relentlessly mocks the pitfalls of such journeys: overpacking (but somehow never having what they need), dog misbehavior, British weather, and the three men's utter incompetence at sailing. In the end, they shamefacedly take a train home. There's a weirdly out of place scene where they encounter a dead body floating on the river. Jerome doesn't attempt comedy here, just matter-of-factly explains that they asked around, and learned that it was a woman who had taken her own life after being seduced and abandoned. I realize Jerome was writing about an actual trip they took, but this chapter was quite jarring in an otherwise lighthearted story.
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