Three Men in a Boat (by Jerome K Jerome)

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'Three Men in a Boat' is the classic British book by the turn-of-the-century satirical writer Jerome K Jerome. It's about three men who plan and then take a boating holiday together.

There are some hilarious anecdotes. Unfortunately they are mixed in with rather pompous preaching, although that in itself was sometimes amusing. But there is almost no plot, as such, at all.

I read this book aloud to my sons who are young teenagers. It turned out to be surprisingly good as a read-aloud. I doubt if I would have enjoyed it nearly so much had I simply read it to myself, as I would have missed some of the verbal humour.

The book is extremely British, and inevitably dated. But those are not necessarily bad things.

Recommended, on the whole, if only because it's a classic in a genre on its own.