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Jerome K. Jerome

(1859 - 1927)

Jerome K. Jerome left school at the age of fourteen, working as a railway clerk and then as an actor, relying on his experiences as the latter for his first book, on the stage—and off. In the preface to his essay collection The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, he wrote, “What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, elevate, instruct. This book wouldn’t elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend it for any useful purposes whatsoever.” He published the satire The New Utopia in 1891.

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Voices In Time

1889 | London

Collecting Symptoms

Jerome K. Jerome gives a self-diagnosis.More

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

—Jerome K. Jerome, 1889

Voices In Time

c. 2890 | London

Looking Forward

Jerome K. Jerome receives a guided tour of the future.More

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.