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The funny and poignant autobiography of Jerome K Jerome, who is best known for his comic novel Three Men in a Boat. Jerome struggled against poverty and obscurity, not to mention his improbable name, for many years before Three Men in a Boat made him a celebrity and the friend of other celebrities. A man of deep human sympathies and principles, he lived through and engaged with, a time - like our own - of unprecedented changes and inventions.

This audiobook is a faithful reproduction of one of Jerome K Jerome's first successes, a humorous autobiographical look at his early career in the theatre, published in 1885. The modest success of this book opened the door to further plays and essays, leading on to 'Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow' in the following year.

Jerome K. Jerome is of course known for the hilarious adventures of “Three Men in a Boat”. He also wrote many short stories and essays that have all the wit, whimsy, and wisdom of his more famous work. The essays in this volume were published together with “The Diary of a Pilgrimage” in 1891. They are: “Evergreens”, “Clocks”, “Tea-Kettles”, “A Pathetic Story”, “The New Utopia”, and “Dreams”.

Poco prima di un anno dalla sua morte, nel 1926, Jerome pubblica questo suo libro che non è solo una autobiografia, ma parla abbondantemente di tutti i suoi tempi, della Londra letteraria, in cui ritroviamo Oscar Wilde, Bernard Show, J, Barrie, e un popolo di giornalisti ed editori, che scrivono per un tanto a parola. Ritroviamo il passaggio dal cavallo all'automobile, il fronte della prima guerra mondiale, le impressioni sull'America e sulla Germania.