The complete online text of Clocks by Jerome K. Jerome.

Jerome K. Jerome was a popular turn-of-the-century humorist. He was a born storyteller, and his works often began as anecdotes that he developed into short stories, plays, essays, or novels. He sometimes used his short stories as the initial embodiments...

The theatrical career of Jerome K. Jerome spanned fifty years in the history of the English stage, covering the field from strolling actor and "responsible" in London's East End theaters to drama critic and playwright of one of the most popular plays of...

Jerome K. Jerome was a familiar name at the turn of the nineteenth century and in the first quarter of the twentieth. He was a humorist, who, under the pose of "the Idler," made his reputation as an essayist, the editor of two magazines (the Idler, 1892-...

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