"Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green" by Jerome K. Jerome is a set of short stories from the early 1900s that looks at English life, using humor to discuss love, right and wrong, and how people interact. Readers meet different people such as Reginald Blake, a rich man only interested in himself, and Cyril Harjohn, who has strong beliefs, showing the good and bad sides of people. For example, Reginald Blake doesn't truly love his young, pretty wife, Edith, because their marriage was for show. Edith's old boyfriend, Harry Sennett, makes things even more difficult. As Blake deals with his confused feelings, he shows the unclear morals of the time, pulling readers into a story of hidden feelings and what society expects. His interactions paint a clear picture of society, setting the scene for more stories that will mix humor with thoughtful looks at being human.
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green
By Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
In a world of arranged marriages and hidden desires, a wealthy man's loveless union is threatened by a former flame, revealing the tangled truths of society and the human heart.
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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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