Within twenty years, the book sold over a million copies and was later adapted to movies, TV and radio shows, stage plays, and even a musical. With its publication, the number of boats went upto fifty percent following its publication. He created a comic situation in the book which was no way related or remotely connected to the history of the Thames region. The two main Protagonists in the novel were replaced by his friends George Wingrave (George) and Carl Hentschel (Harris). Soon after it’s publication in 1889 it went on to become an instant hit. Jerome wrote his most famous work of literature Three Men in a Boat after his return from his honeymoon on a boat in river Thames. I will append some more links and a photograph when I have time.His writing career started with his collection of humorous essays Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow published in 1886. The figure of £50 would equate to between £2500 and £5000 today, which would now be a phenomenal sum (I beieve) for a journal article, rights or no, and more in line with TV appearance fees, as one would expect. Colles Jerome is very meticulous in dotting his i’s the e is not dotted. I have not managed to locate any reference to this Mr. Caine do you think later on be writing any short stories that he would let us have the British serial rights of? It is something more than double the price we have paid to any other gentleman.

Caine for having assisted us, & part of the gratitude is supplied by the hope that I maty get something further out of him later. Caine’s ideas, but do you think he would accept forty pounds for the article, this to include our right to publish it later on together with the series in book form as in the case of Mr. I have had it set up, I am reading it with immense interest.Īs to price, I don’t know Mr. Jerome and Robert Parr 310, Strand, London 189. The letter is written as two pages on a single “portrait” sheet of notepaper, with the decorative heading: The Idler Illustrated Monthly Edited byJerome K. I could go on about this, bringing in a real heavyweight, H.G.Wells, but instead I’ll just quote the letter. His wonderfully and, most rarely, classless leading characters must have endeared his writing to that other celebrant of us classless ones who do the work, Erich Kästner, author not only of Emil und die Detektiven , but also of Drei Männer im Schnee . Less well known, but well worth reading for its insight into Germany before the first war (and today) is Three Men on the Bummel. Jerome, celebrated for his classic of heavy humour Three Men in a Boat.

Jerome as journal publisher: A LetterĪfter many years, I’ve finally framed and put up on our cafe wall a revealing letter from Jerome K.

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