Jerome K Jerome
In this delightful play, English humor writer Jerome K. Jerome tackles the timeless issue of women's rights. When Mrs. Chilvers takes up the cause of women's suffrage, her new-found radicalism scandalizes her husband and sends shock waves through the family.
In this uproarious comedy of manners co-written by humorist Jerome K. Jerome, lauded by critics and fans as one of his best, upper-class pretensions are satirized when an affluent gentleman is discovered to be leading a scandalous double life. Meanwhile, the question of women's role in society at the turn of the twentieth century is also tackled.
15) Novel Notes
In this rollicking novel from respected British humorist Jerome K. Jerome, a group of four friends decide to stake their claim to literary fame by writing a book together. However, amidst writer's block, creative spats, and other assorted high jinks, the project never seems to move past the planning stages.
16) Tea-Table Talk
In this funny short story from British humorist Jerome K. Jerome, the formidable Mrs. Korner contemplates gender roles, and her henpecked husband tries to live up to her expectations. Though originally published in 1904, Jerome's canny take on the war between the sexes still rings true today.
In this amusing novel, Jerome K. Jerome takes what should be grim subject — bargaining with an angel who is attempting to record one's life's deeds and misdeeds — and transforms it into a thought-provoking and funny meditation on the true meaning of good works, charity and morality.
In this classic tale from Jerome K. Jerome, the lives of a ragtag group of residents living in squalor in a ramshackle boardinghouse are transformed forever with the arrival of a mysterious stranger. By providing an outsider's perspective, he helps them realize the errors of their ways.