Convenience to have a tail: novels and essays. Jerome K., Jerome

Jerome Clapka Klapka Jerome (1859-1927)-British musician writer, playwright.

Jerom was born in the industrial English city of Walsall, the county of Staffordshire, the fourth child in the family of merchants of the merchants (Clapka - a tribute to the hero of the Hungarian Revolution Dieord Clapka).

at the age of 14, young Jerom was forced to quit his studies - his father died bankrupt, and the boy became the main earner of the family. For four years he worked for London and North Western Railway, collecting coal along the railways. Then he went to the actors; He was a teacher, a packer, a secretary of a lawyer, but could not find his place. However, it was an unsuccessful acting, later described with humor described in the short story “on stage and behind the stage,” that brought him the first success and good fee. A collection of stories "The idle thoughts of an idle person" secured the status. Two years later, in 1888, Jerome married, and the newlyweds spent the honeymoon on the Thamza River, in a small boat. Returning, Jerome took up the manuscript with inspiration - soon the story “Three in the boat, not counting the dog”, whose glory was deafening; The story is reprinted and mixes people around the world today.

Subsequently, Jerom became the constant author of the famous satirical magazine "Pancu", the editor of the magazine Idler ("Landye"), where Rediaard Kipling, and his own edition- to- day ("today"). I released two dozen plays, several novels and hundreds of stories.

In 1899, Jerom K. Jerom visited Russia and wrote the article “Russians that I know them”, where he predicted the revolution: “Russians make an impression on a foreigner The people are a resort, but, having taken a closer look, a foreigner is made obvious that in the depths of Russian nature a tendency to monstrous acts lurked. ” It is interesting that the story “New Utopia”, published in this publication, in 1917 was released in Russian under the name “The Kingdom of Socialism”.

In addition to it, stories from collections of different years are included in the publication: “Diary one pilgrimage and other stories ”(1891),“ Sketches by blue, green and gray ”(1897),“ Angel, author and others ”(1908), which, like other works by Jerome, help to relate to reality with humor.