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 parentless 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.

Collection	Narrator	Length
Victorian	Peter Joyce	8 hrs 20 mins

Media	Compact Disc	Audio Tape
Media Qty	7	6
Audio Format	CD-DA	Analogue
Book Code	VI-123CD	VI-123TA
ISBN	978 1 86015 046 3	978 1 86015 479 9
Price	£22.99	£19.99

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859–1927) was an English author born in Walsall, Staffordshire, son of a preacher. Due to bad investments his family suffered poverty and debt collectors often visited. When aged 13 the death of both parents forced him to quit studies and find employment at a railway, initially collecting coal that fell along the track. Aged 21 he tried to become a journalist, writing essays, satires and short stories, but most of these were rejected. Over the next few years he was a school teacher, a packer, and a solicitor’s clerk. Finally, in 1885, he had some success with On the Stage—and Off, a humorous book which publication had opened the door for more plays and essays. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, a collection of humorous essays, followed in 1886. In 1888, Jerome married Georgina Marris nine days after she had divorced her first husband. The honeymoon took place on the Thames, a fact which was to have a significant influence on his next, and most important work, Three Men in a Boat.

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