Martyrs To Hypochondria And General Seediness, J. And His Friends George And Harris Decide That A Jaunt Up The Thames Would Suit Them To A ‘T’. But When They Set Off, They Can Hardly Predict The Troubles That Lie Ahead With Tow-ropes, Unreliable Weather Forecasts And Tins Of Pineapple Chunks—not To Mention The Devastation Left In The Wake Of J.’s Small Fox-terrier Montmore Martyrs To Hypochondria And General Seediness, J. And His Friends George And Harris Decide That A Jaunt Up The Thames Would Suit Them To A ‘T’. But When They Set Off, They Can Hardly Predict The Troubles That Lie Ahead With Tow-ropes, Unreliable Weather Forecasts And Tins Of Pineapple Chunks—not To Mention The Devastation Left In The Wake Of J.’s Small Fox-terrier Montmorency. Three Men In A Boat Was An Instant Success When It Appeared In 1889, And, With Its Benign Escapism, Authorial Discursions And Wonderful Evocation Of The Late-Victorian ‘clerking Classes’, It Hilariously Captured The Spirit Of Its Age.