Three Men in a Boat

The most ordinary circumstances turn hilarious as an idler who exhibits a general disinclination to work of any kind and his friends journey up the Thames River. Getting into many scrapes along the way the friends consider assaulting a policeman just to have a nights lodging in the station-house when they get lost but ultimately reject the preposition fearful that he would hit them back without locking them up. The real scene stealer though is Montmorency a small fox terrier who appears to be born with about four times as much original sin in [him] as other dogs are. Jerome K. Jeromes Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the Dog!) is a delightful classic that has kept readers smiling for years.