Publisher's Synopsis
The erratic progress of J. Harris, George and Montmorency the dog won immediate approval of Londoners, while readers all over the world saw Three Men in a Boat as a key to the British character. The project, which began as an attempt to promote pleasure boating, became one of the greatest comedy turns of Victorian literature - a timeless classic to be read again and again. "One of the happiest examples of how serendipity can transform humdrum into pure delight."
