Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat.
He was born in Walsall (now in the West Midlands, but then in Staffordshire), where there is now a museum in his honour, and brought up in poverty in London.
Other works include Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, a book of essays.
The most famous quotation from Three Men in a Boat is
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."