Jerome opens with a warning to readers and critics alike: three of these pieces are not meant to be funny. The title story follows an eighteenth-century London tanner and the wife he marries for convenience; “The Woman of the Sæter” is a haunting record of a stay in the Norwegian hills; “Silhouettes” gathers sombre childhood memories, while two lighter sketches of music-hall patter and a pub lease restore the familiar comic voice.
A revealing glimpse of the man behind Three Men in a Boat writing with feeling rather than for laughs. Download the free EPUB.