Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
JEROME K. JEROME was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, in 1859, and educated at Marylebone Grammar School. He left school aged fourteen to become a railway clerk, the first of a long line of jobs which included acting, teaching and journalism. He spent some time touring with various theatrical companies and lodged for a while in Tavistock Place in London with his friend George Wingrave, who later became the model for George in Three Men in A Boat. His first book, On Stage ...