A short estimate of the essay: "THREE MEN IN A BOAT", by Jerome Klapka Jerome.
Answer: “THREE MEN IN A BOAT” gives us a funny account of the mess made by
three friends while packing their articles for a journey. It brings out the
writer's humorous outlook of life. The autobiographical touch in the essay
makes it all the more attractive. The mock-serious vein with which everything is stated
will make even the most serious person break into laughter. Thus, when he
says 'I rather pride myself on my packing' and later confesses, I never
do know whether I've packed my tooth-brush', we feel amused. The
episode of the butter and the pranks of Montmorency, the dog,
also are highly laughter-provoking. Like Dickens and Charles Lamb, Jerome K
Jerome also knows the art of exaggeration and can make a simple
commonplace thing extremely humorous and funny. The style is
racy, captivating, and familiar. The essay keeps us absorbed from the
beginning to the end.
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