JEROME: Three Men in a Boat (Martin Jarvis) (Naxos Audio Books: NA635512)
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Here is one of the greatest English comic novels read by incontrovertible king of English comic audiobook readers?á- Martin Jarvis. Three men, worried about their health and in search of different experiences, set off 'up the river' in a boat. Jerome's delightful novel, dating from 1900, paints a vivid picture of innocent fun.
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Chapter 1: There were four of us… |
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I sat and pondered |
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We sat there for half an hour… |
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Another fellow I knew… |
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If most men were like… |
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Chapter 2: We pulled out the maps… |
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Harris said: “How about when it rained?” |
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After supper, you find your tobacco is damp… |
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Chapter 3: So on the following evening… |
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The first list we made out had to be discarded |
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George said that in that case… |
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Chapter 4: Then we discussed the food question |
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I took my ticket… |
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An idea struck her |
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I said I’d pack |
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They began in a light-hearted spirit… |
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Chapter 5: It was Mrs Poppets that woke me up… |
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George got hold of the paper… |
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Meanwhile, the rain came down in a steady torrent… |
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Bigg’s boy was the first to come round |
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We got to Waterloo at eleven… |
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Chapter 6: It was a glorious morning… |
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Speaking of oak staircases… |
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They put him under laughing-gas one year… |
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At this point Harris threw away the sculls… |
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They met some people soon after… |
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Chapter 7: It was while passing through Moulsey Lo |
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Girls, also, don’t look half bad in a boat… |
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At lunch they had a very bad time of it |
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I looked up… |
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I reminded him of George… |
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Chapter 8: We stopped under the willows… |
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You have never heard Harris sing… |
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Long argument between Harris… |
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Herr Slossenn Boschen accompanied himself |
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We reached Sunbury Lock… |
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You pass Oatlands Park… |
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Chapter 9: We made George work… |
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This really happened once… |
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George said he never saw… |
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George got the line right after a while… |
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Then I began to get nervous myself |
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Chapter 10: Harris and I began to think… |
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We waited some time… |
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We are not the veriest… |
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We turned in at ten that night… |
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Sometimes, our pain is very deep… |
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Chapter 11: I woke at six the next morning… |
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At first, when he got in… |
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Rather an amusing thing happened… |
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The sun had got more powerful… |
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And up the slope of Cooper’s Hill… |
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Chapter 12: I was sitting on the bank… |
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It must have been much like this… |
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The landlord came up and said: “Good evening…” |
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It was a little four-roomed cottage… |
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It was George’s straw hat… |
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I steered |
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Chapter 13: Marlow is one of the pleasantest… |
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From Medmenham to sweet Hambledon Lock… |
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Anyone who knows canine nature… |
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We did our marketing after breakfast… |
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Another good way we discovered… |
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We went up the backwater to Wargrave |
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Chapter 14: We caught a breeze, after lunch… |
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We roamed about sweet Sonning… |
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We finished up with tea and cherry tart |
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It must be disheartening work… |
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Henley was getting ready for the regatta… |
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There was an unaccountable strangeness… |
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Chapter 15: We woke late the next morning… |
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We settled the present difficulty… |
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hree months to rafting… |
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Harris is more accustomed to sea rowing… |
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The first time I went punting… |
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We rowed until we were out of sight… |
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Chapter 16: We came in sight of Reading… |
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We found out the woman’s story afterwards |
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Chapter 17: We stayed two days at Streatley… |
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Some people are under the impression… |
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If ever you have an evening to spare… |
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Five minutes afterwards… |
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Chapter 18: We left Streatley early… |
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Wallingford, six miles above Streatley… |
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From Abingdon to Nuneham Courteney… |
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Chapter 19: We spent two very pleasant days… |
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The weather changed on the third day… |
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George told us about a man he had known… |
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On one point we were all agreed… |
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We reached Paddington at seven… |
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