Three Men in a Boat has a simple plot as its foundation. Three friends decide that they need to take a trip to improve their mental and physical health, collectively. They choose to travel along the River Thames in southern England. We follow their planning and packing processes, and then accompany the men and their dog on the journey itself. We are told the story in first person by a narrator who is referred to as “J.” He tends to be reminded of other stories by just about any activity or scene that comes his way; and so he often digresses from the main topic in each one of the 19 chapters. Although the trip is based loosely on actual outings that author Jerome K. Jerome took along the Thames, this book is a work of fiction, and not a strict memoir or a travel guide. River trips became popular in England in the late 1800s. Jerome was therefore writing about a fad when this book first came out in 1889. Its appearance helped to further promote such adventures.
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