Paul Kelver (Esprios Classics)

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humourist best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). He tried to become a journalist writing essays satires and short stories but most of these were rejected. Over the next few years he was a school teacher a packer and a solicitor's clerk. Finally in 1885 he had some success with On the Stage-and Off a humourous book the publication of which opened the door for more plays and essays. His other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel a sequel to Three Men in a Boat and several other novels.