Jerome K. Jerome

Short Stories: The Timeless Collection features 20 well-loved and unabridged tales from the best-loved authors in the history of English literature, including the deliciously sardonic Saki and a brilliant semi-autobiographical tale by Charles Dickens, inspired by the railway. An array of...

Two of Britain's best-loved contemporary comedians, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, read the amusing nineteenth-century stories, anecdotes and fables found in Letters from My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet and Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. Jerome...

Humor and overall literary style have changed a lot in the 132 years since this book was published in 1889. However, the information remains informative, primarily because there is a certain amount of truthfulness about it that manages to disregard the passage of time. It takes in some unusual...

Un piccolo capolavoro dell'umorismo inglese che mette in ridicolo la paura tutta umana dei fantasmi. Alcuni uomini alla vigilia di Natale si siedono attorno a un caminetto a fumare la pipa, a sorseggiare abbondanti bicchieri di punch e a raccontarsi storie di fantasmi piagnoni o dispettosi. E'...

“A ‘Bummel,’” I explained, “I should describe as a journey, long or short, without end.” However wonderful this may sound, it is often necessary to arrive back at the starting point. And, for the three fearless friends whose earlier adventures were told in Three Men in a Boat, this...

Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow features twelve comedic essays that effortlessly blend humour with philosophical enquiry. Vibrant and lively, Jerome's writing offers amusing meditations on some of life's most trivial endeavours.