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Three Men on the Bummel

By: Jerome K. Jerome
Narrated by: David Case
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 When three late-Victorian gentlemen escape from their claustrophobic suburban life to go on a cycling tour in the Black Forest of Germany, their trip turns into a comic expedition.

Many of their humorous adventures and mishaps relate to the nuances in language and customs; one attempts to board a train unconventionally to avoid German procedures; when riding the Bummel in Dresden one butts and rolls into German passengers who, being familiar with the route know how to brace themselves and don't see the humor, "the dull lot"; another tries to buy his aunt a cushion and gets angry after he pays for it because he gets only a kiss from a young girl instead. Three Men on the Bummel is one of the most popular classics in English comic fiction.

©1991 Phoenix Recordings (P)2004 Tantor Media, Inc. Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Witty Comedy

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Three Men on the Bummel reintroduces audiences to the three humorous friends from Jerome K. Jerome's earlier book, Three Men in a Boat. In this sequel, the boat is replaced with bicycles as the three men try, with many comical mishaps and misunderstandings, to navigate the German Black Forest. Grammy-nominated performer, David Case, handles the production of this audiobook, and with his sarcastic and sly delivery, the comedy hits full force. Despite having been written over 100 years ago, Jerome K. Jerome's comic tale, with help from the energetic performance of Case, remains one of the favorite English comeic novels.

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A sequel that didn't quite work

After enjoying Three Men On A Boat I was looking foirward to listening to this.
But this was just a sequence of rambling anecdotes loosely held together around a story.
There are certainly genuinely witty and humerous moments but in between there is more than a little boredom.
The speaker's accent wore a bit thin after a while and the audio quality was not up to the usual standard.
Overall I'm glad I persevered but I don't think I'll be coning back for seconds.

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