Three Men on the Bummel (Abridged)

Published in 1900, eleven years after his most famous work, Three Men in a Boat The story revives the three companions who featured in Three Men in a Boat, this time their journey taking them on a bicycle tour through the German Black Forest. Written during the Victorian era bicycle-craze. in a light-hearted way it's a commentary on German culture at the time told through the eyes of the hapless B...