"Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green" is a collection of 18 essays by Jerome Klapka Jerome, an outstanding British writer and humourist (1859—1927). In an ironical form, the author tells about ordinary people, conventional manners, ups and downs, about outstanding individuals and common herd, in which a reader will be able to see himself or his acquaintances.

Undertaken at the suggestion of a friend, here is Jerome's attempt to write a sensible book. The pilgrimage of the title is Jerome's journey to Germany to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau. Part diary, part travelogue, and part social commentary, it is entirely entertaining, as are the six comic essays.

Un escritor y sus tres hijos llegan a la campiña para supervisar la remodelación de su nueva casa. Metido en harina, el novelista hará uso de toda su inteligencia para enfrentarse a la peculiar manera de encarar la vida rural que tienen sus retoños, cuyo hábitat natural debería ser el zoo. Dick, el mayor, hambriento bon vivant, experimentará una epifanía que le hará sentar cabeza, o eso quiere creer todo el mundo. Robina, su hermana, tan...

A collection of rare horror stories that will thrill fans of classic writers such as M. R. James, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and E. F. Benson. Jerome K. Jerome's reputation as a humorist, renowned for his comic novel , has thrown into undeserved obscurity his fine efforts in the ghost story genre. collects Jerome's major horror stories, together with a selection from two of his friends with whom he founded the magazines and - the journalist Robert...

Was machen drei junge, hypochondrische Freunde samt einem neurotischen Foxterrier, wenn sie dem Wetter entfliehen wollen und wilde Abenteuer suchen? Sie packen Blazer, Hut und Schlips ein und fahren in einem Ruderboot auf der Themse in die Wildnis hinauf. Doch sie haben den Büchsenöffner vergessen, die Zahnbürste ist unauffindbar, und wenn sie einem Schild begegnen, auf dem steht "Achtung! Gefahr! Nicht hier entlang!", dann steuern sie schnurstracks...

"Three Men in a Boat" follows the humorous misadventures of three friends - Jerome, George, and Harris - and their trusty dog, Montmorency, as they embark on a boating holiday on the River Thames. The story, a combination of travelogue and comic fiction, takes readers on a delightful journey filled with absurd incidents and hilarious anecdotes. Jerome K. Jerome's witty observations and satirical commentary on Victorian society, coupled with the camaraderie...

Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors.

Here is the lineup:

AT CHRIGHTON ABBEY, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

THE HAUNTED MILL, by Jerome K. Jerome

THE GHOST CLUB, by John Kendrick Bangs

THE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis Becke

THE ROOM IN THE TOWER, by E. F. Benson

THE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS, by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton

THE MIDDLE BEDROOM, by H. de Vere Stacpoole

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Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land. But it's quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Shackleton and Chase persevered in the face of travails that would have given even Job pause. Their stoic...