For Russian readers, English humor is inextricably linked with the name of Jerome Klapkey Jerome, a remarkable writer who conquered the world with his novels and short stories. The adventures of the hapless, good-natured Englishmen traveling along the Thames, which Jerome wrote about in his famous novels 'Three Men in a Boat' and 'Three Men in a Boat,' have been translated into many languages ​​and repeatedly filmed.

Between these novels, Jerome created a small masterpiece - a book about how a group of friends (in whom one can still recognize the inimitable heroes from the famous duology), gathered in a cozy living room, decided to write the best novel in the world. Did the respectable gentlemen manage to bring their plan to life? What are the advantages of life on a barge? Why should you never tell a story about a dog 'in the circle of ordinary sinful people'? How to get rid of the 'pernicious passion for giving advice'? The reader will find answers to these and many other questions in this remarkable book, written in the signature style of Jerome K. Jerome.
This edition features the novel unabridged in a new, brilliant translation by Alexandra Glebovskaya.