Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). 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. == Early life == Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England.
Jerome 1859-1927 Author Wrote 'Three Men in a Boat' while living here at flat 104' at 104 Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom.
He was employed at the London and North Western Railway, initially collecting coal that fell along the railway, and he remained there for four years. == Acting career and early literary works == Jerome was inspired by his older sister Blandina's love for the theatre, and he decided to try his hand at acting in 1877, under the stage name Harold Crichton.
Jerome in 1881 Philip de László's portrait of Jerome K.
Finally, in 1885, he had some success with On the Stage – and Off (1885), a comic memoir of his experiences with the acting troupe, followed by Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886), a collection of humorous essays which had previously appeared in the newly founded magazine, Home Chimes, the same magazine that would later serialise Three Men in a Boat. On 21 June 1888, Jerome married Georgina Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley Marris ("Ettie"), nine days after she divorced her first husband.
Finally, in 1885, he had some success with On the Stage – and Off (1885), a comic memoir of his experiences with the acting troupe, followed by Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886), a collection of humorous essays which had previously appeared in the newly founded magazine, Home Chimes, the same magazine that would later serialise Three Men in a Boat. On 21 June 1888, Jerome married Georgina Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley Marris ("Ettie"), nine days after she divorced her first husband.
The book, published in 1889, became an instant success and has never been out of print.
A small museum dedicated to his life and works was opened in 1984 at his birth home in Walsall, but it closed in 2008, and the contents were returned to Walsall Museum. == Legacy == Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl, a book by the pseudonymous "Jenny Wren", was published in 1891.
In 1892, he was chosen by Robert Barr to edit The Idler (over Rudyard Kipling).
In 1893, he founded To-Day, but had to withdraw from both publications because of financial difficulties and a libel suit. Jerome's play Biarritz had a run of two months at the Prince of Wales Theatre between April and June 1896. In 1898, a short stay in Germany inspired Three Men on the Bummel, the sequel to Three Men in a Boat, reintroducing the same characters in the setting of a foreign bicycle tour.
In 1893, he founded To-Day, but had to withdraw from both publications because of financial difficulties and a libel suit. Jerome's play Biarritz had a run of two months at the Prince of Wales Theatre between April and June 1896. In 1898, a short stay in Germany inspired Three Men on the Bummel, the sequel to Three Men in a Boat, reintroducing the same characters in the setting of a foreign bicycle tour.
In 1893, he founded To-Day, but had to withdraw from both publications because of financial difficulties and a libel suit. Jerome's play Biarritz had a run of two months at the Prince of Wales Theatre between April and June 1896. In 1898, a short stay in Germany inspired Three Men on the Bummel, the sequel to Three Men in a Boat, reintroducing the same characters in the setting of a foreign bicycle tour.
14th 1899 – never produced A Russian Vagabond – never produced The Disagreeable Man – never produced ==See also== List of ambulance drivers during World War I List of people with reduplicated names We (novel) – author Zamyatin inspired by Jerome's work == References == == External links == The Jerome K.
This said, some of the individual comic vignettes that make up "Bummel" are as fine as (or even finer than) those of "Boat". In 1902, he published the novel Paul Kelver, which is widely regarded as autobiographical.
His 1908 play The Passing of the Third Floor Back introduced a more sombre and religious Jerome.
It was twice made into film, in 1918 and in 1935. However, the play was condemned by critics – Max Beerbohm described it as "vilely stupid" and as written by a "tenth-rate writer". == World War I and last years == Jerome volunteered to serve his country at the outbreak of the war, but, being 55 years old,he was rejected by the British Army.
Jerome (1911) Esther Castways (1913) The Great Gamble (1914) The Three Patriots (1915) The Soul Of Nicholas Snyders : A Mystery Play in Three Acts (1925) The Celebrity: a play in three acts (1926) Robina's Web ("The Dovecote", or "The grey feather"): a farce in four acts The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1908) (the basis of a 1918 film and a 1935 film) The Night of Feb.
Eager to serve in some capacity, he volunteered as an ambulance driver for the French Army. In 1926, Jerome published his autobiography, My Life and Times.
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). 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. == Early life == Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England.
During these last years, Jerome spent more time at his farmhouse Gould's Grove southeast of Ewelme near Wallingford. Jerome suffered a paralytic stroke and a cerebral haemorrhage in June 1927, on a motoring tour from Devon to London via Cheltenham and Northampton.
It was twice made into film, in 1918 and in 1935. However, the play was condemned by critics – Max Beerbohm described it as "vilely stupid" and as written by a "tenth-rate writer". == World War I and last years == Jerome volunteered to serve his country at the outbreak of the war, but, being 55 years old,he was rejected by the British Army.
Jerome (1911) Esther Castways (1913) The Great Gamble (1914) The Three Patriots (1915) The Soul Of Nicholas Snyders : A Mystery Play in Three Acts (1925) The Celebrity: a play in three acts (1926) Robina's Web ("The Dovecote", or "The grey feather"): a farce in four acts The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1908) (the basis of a 1918 film and a 1935 film) The Night of Feb.
A small museum dedicated to his life and works was opened in 1984 at his birth home in Walsall, but it closed in 2008, and the contents were returned to Walsall Museum. == Legacy == Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl, a book by the pseudonymous "Jenny Wren", was published in 1891.
The book has the same form as Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, but is from the point of view of a woman. There is a French graphic novel series named after the author. A museum was opened in Walsall, his birthplace, in his honour in 1984.
It was erected in 1989. There is a beer company named Cerveza Jerome in Mendoza, Argentina.
A small museum dedicated to his life and works was opened in 1984 at his birth home in Walsall, but it closed in 2008, and the contents were returned to Walsall Museum. == Legacy == Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl, a book by the pseudonymous "Jenny Wren", was published in 1891.
(closed 2008). A sculpture of a boat and a mosaic of a dog commemorate his book Three Men in a Boat on the Millennium Green in New Southgate, London, where he lived as a child. There is an English Heritage blue plaque which reads 'Jerome K.
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