"Dreams" by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome is a lighthearted journey into the bizarre landscape of dreams and how they connect to our everyday lives. The book presents a collection of strange and funny stories about different dreams, highlighting the wild and unrestricted imagination we experience when we sleep. Starting with a comical scene at a theater involving a strict cloak-room worker and unusual rules, the story moves through a variety of odd dream situations where reality is playfully bent and logic takes a holiday. From unexpected executions to awkward social gatherings, these dreams act as mirrors reflecting human experiences, underscoring the solace and inventive spark that dreams offer when faced with the puzzles of daily life. Combining humor with thoughtful observations, the author invites us to value and celebrate the power of our imagination as a key part of being human.
Dreams
By Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Venture into a topsy-turvy world where theater cloakrooms have bizarre leg regulations, hangings are casual affairs, and everyday life transforms into a hilarious circus of the mind.
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About the AuthorJerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twenties, he was able to publish some work, and success followed. He married in 1888, and the honeymoon was spent on a boat on the River Thames; he published Three Men in a Boat soon afterwards. He continued to write fiction, non-fiction and plays over the next few decades, though never with the same level of success.
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twenties, he was able to publish some work, and success followed. He married in 1888, and the honeymoon was spent on a boat on the River Thames; he published Three Men in a Boat soon afterwards. He continued to write fiction, non-fiction and plays over the next few decades, though never with the same level of success.
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