The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of comic essays by Jerome K. Jerome, written a few years before Three Men in a Boat. Dedicated to his pipe, the book offers a series of rambling meditations on subjects close to the heart of a young man about town: being idle, being in love, being in the blues, being hard up, vanity, getting on in the world, the weather, cats and dogs, being shy, babies, eating and drinking, furnished apartments, dress and deportment, and memory. Jerome mixes broad comedy with sudden turns of sentiment, and the easy, conversational voice that made him popular is already fully formed. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first essay is free.
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