Book

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

Published: 1889
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 192
Words: 68768
URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57331389-three-men-in-a-boat-to-say-nothing-of-the-dog-and-three-men-on-the-bum?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_47

Reading measures

Lexile: 1100L
Suggested reading age: ages 14–17
Ambleside year: Year 9 onwards · ages 14–17

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There are four of them - George, Harris, the writer himself and that dog, Montmorency - all participants in a boating expedition on the Thames. The difficulties and vicissitudes heaped upon these innocents develop to epic proportions as they experience the hazards of the great English waterway. Their problems are in no way diminished by the outrageous behaviour of Montmorency, who lays waste several riverside communities in the course of their journey.