Folio Archives 59: My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome 1992
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My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome 1992
This is a delightful book written by one of England’s finest comic writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His most famous work was “Three Men in a Boat”, written when he was only 30. This was the last book he wrote, and it was first published in 1926, just a year before his death, but his dry wit, and ability to describe English life in eccentric detail, had not deserted him.
The autobiographical text rambles eclectically over Jerome’s life, with witty comments when they are least expected, and names dropped equally inappropriately. It is not a true biography, but a collection of thirteen disconnected anecdotes that are easily read without reference to each other. They wander from the difficult early years of his life, to humourous episodes from his latter years.
There are 31 contemporary photographs scattered on inserted pages throughout the 223 page book, which is also indexed for cross reference. It is bound in mid-brown cloth blocked with a darker brown outline of a silhouette of a Rover 3 bicycle. The gilt title on the spine is hard to read against the similarly coloured cloth binding.
The endpapers are a darker brown, as is the plain slipcase which measures 24.5x16.5cm.
Forthwith suggested to me that I do this review. He states, “I just received a fine edition of the FS 1992 book My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome. If you happen to have it, maybe our fellow Faddists would find a folio archive posting about since Folio now offers two books by Jerome. The pictures in the edition are interesting. The text itself is rather somber as he reviews his early life of some poverty but then he later inserts generous humorous pieces. I think that his description of the automobile rally is side-splitting.”
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
This is a delightful book written by one of England’s finest comic writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His most famous work was “Three Men in a Boat”, written when he was only 30. This was the last book he wrote, and it was first published in 1926, just a year before his death, but his dry wit, and ability to describe English life in eccentric detail, had not deserted him.
The autobiographical text rambles eclectically over Jerome’s life, with witty comments when they are least expected, and names dropped equally inappropriately. It is not a true biography, but a collection of thirteen disconnected anecdotes that are easily read without reference to each other. They wander from the difficult early years of his life, to humourous episodes from his latter years.
There are 31 contemporary photographs scattered on inserted pages throughout the 223 page book, which is also indexed for cross reference. It is bound in mid-brown cloth blocked with a darker brown outline of a silhouette of a Rover 3 bicycle. The gilt title on the spine is hard to read against the similarly coloured cloth binding.
The endpapers are a darker brown, as is the plain slipcase which measures 24.5x16.5cm.
Forthwith suggested to me that I do this review. He states, “I just received a fine edition of the FS 1992 book My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome. If you happen to have it, maybe our fellow Faddists would find a folio archive posting about since Folio now offers two books by Jerome. The pictures in the edition are interesting. The text itself is rather somber as he reviews his early life of some poverty but then he later inserts generous humorous pieces. I think that his description of the automobile rally is side-splitting.”
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
