The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow..., Jerome K. Jerome
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow..., Jerome K. Jerome
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The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Author: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrator: Peter Joyce

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/25/2006

Categories: Fiction, Humorous

Synopsis

The aptly titled sequel to "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" which is also recorded by Assembled Stories and proved immensely popular.In this succeeding outburst of whimsy Jerome reflects on a variety of subjects such as 'the art of making up one's mind', 'the care and management of women' and 'the minding of other peoples business'. A childhood of poverty and being parent less from the age of fourteen ensured that Jerome was always in touch with his own humanity and beneath the humour there is the benevolent wisdom of the author - a shrewd but sympathetic observer of human nature and its folly.

About Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), an English novelist, playwright, and actor, is best known as a humorist. In his writing, he was able to explore sensitive issues regarding human emotions through humor and light-hearted narrations.

Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, Jerome was brought up in the East End of London in relative poverty. He left school at fourteen and worked variously as a clerk, a hack journalist, an actor, and a schoolmaster. His first book, On the Stage and Off, was published in 1885. This was followed by numerous plays, books, and magazine articles, but he is best known for Three Men in a Boat. In 1927, one year after writing his autobiography My Life and Times, he was made a Freeman of the Borough of Walsall.

Though a relaxed, urbane man, Jerome was a relentless explorer of new ideas and experiences. He travelled widely throughout Europe, was a pioneer of skiing in the Alps, and visited Russia and America several times. He was a prolific writer whose work has been translated into many foreign languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tiffany on December 30, 2015

I'm in love. I mean, I was before, anyway, after reading "Three Men in a Boat". Then "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Gentlemen" really cemented my adoration of this man. "Second Thoughts" is just icing on an increasingly potent, mature and tasty cake. These "Thoughts" titles have not the laugh-out-loud hi......more

Goodreads review by The Jesus Fandom on April 07, 2024

This book gets surprisingly deep at times, enough to make me emotional, and it's always super relatable. There are also enough parts that are genuinely funny, but do expect more serious contemplations in this one. I underlined so many quotes that I really can't all put them in here, but here as some......more

Goodreads review by Dr.J.G. on August 02, 2020

............ ON THE ART OF MAKING UP ONE'S MIND From the topic to dressing up to fashionable Byronic gloom and melancholy, to uncertainty about self, author wanders. ............ ON THE DISADVANTAGE OF NOT GETTING WHAT ONE WANTS The author seems to write down the title ironically, and fight angels, fair......more

Goodreads review by Alex on March 27, 2014

A difficult book to read. The author tries to replicate the pacing and humour of his other books, especially "Three Men in a Boat" and is generally unsuccessful. He tries hard and parts of the book flow well, and are very humorous, but overall I could only digest the book in very small pieces. I wou......more

Goodreads review by Chainsaw on February 07, 2021

2.49 stars from this reader, as this collection contained a few more misses than hits. As is typical for this author, there were quite a few laugh-out-loud bits, but unfortunately the majority of the content was not-as-much. Not a bad read, overall, but there are more consistently humorous works by......more

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