Lazy Person's Lazy Thoughts Log

Author: J. K. Jerome
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is the work of the renowned British humorist J. K. Jerome, a thinker who excels at observing the world from the perspective of a "lazy" mind. Mundane life details enter his writing and instantly become lively and insightful. The 21 essays selected in this book include 9 from Jerome's The Lazy Man's Thoughts, 4 from More Lazy Thoughts, and 8 from Lazy Thoughts of 1905. In these pieces, Jerome uses a humorous and incisive pen to depict the social landscape of 19th-century England. "Filled with laughter, yet tinged with sorrow," he is truly a wise man of the world, hidden in plain sight, observing life with a detached eye amidst the hustle and bustle, jesting and satirizing. With a sensitive and perceptive heart, he observes all of life's wonders, then portrays them with a humorous and insightful touch on the page, leaving the world to judge.