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Synopsis
"Following the great success of Three Men in a Boat a friend of mine said, 'Well now, why don't you write a sensible book? I should like to see you make people think.' 'Do ...
Biography
Jerome Klapka Jerome, author and playwright, is undoubtedly best remembered for the comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat, though his talents were many and varied. Born on 2 May 1859 in Walsall, Staffordshire, he wrote and travelled widely. In 1927 he was made a Freeman of the Borough of Walsall before his death later that same year. He is buried in Ewelme in Oxfordshire.