'Malvina of Brittany' is a collection of short stories written by Jerome K. Jerome, many of them in the comedy genre. Included titles here are: 'Malvina of Brittany', 'The Street of the Blank Wall', 'His Evening Out', 'The Lesson', 'Sylvia of the Letters', and 'The Fawn Gloves'.
Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859–1927) was an English writer and humourist. «Malvina of Brittany» is a highly entertaining work that describes the life of Malvina, the Queen’s attendant. This is a early shortstory collection of Jerome, which includes «Malvina of Brittany», «The Street of the Blank Wall», «His Evening Out», «The Lesson», Sylvia of the Letters», and «The Fawn Gloves».
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist. This short story collection includes Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green, Malvina of Brittany and Other Stories. Malvina of Brittany is a highly entertaining work that describes the life of Malvina, the Queen's attendant. The book also includes such interesting stories like "Reginald Blake", "Financier and Cad", "An item of Fashionable Intelligence" and others.
Jerome K Jerome is without doubt best known today for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat. More than a century after its first publication it is still making people laugh. But Jerome was very much more than a one-book wonder, writing plays, essays, short stories, sketches and other novels. The Other Jerome K Jerome is, in effect, a jerome 'reader', providing a carefully chosen selection from his other works demonstrative of the variety and brilliance of his writing. Including excerpts from On the Stage-and Off, The Passing of the Third Floor Back and Diary of a Pilgrimate, amongst others, and with an introduction by Martin Green, this is an ideal companion for fans of 'Three Men in a Boat' who want to find out more about is author's other works.