Jerome K Jerome, the famed English humorist, jocularly yet philosophically brings into focus the plethora of emotions experienced by people of all ages and gender during their journey through life.In the form of essays more aptly called nuggets of wisdom(fourteen in all) like On Being Idle, On Being in Love etc he skilfully captures the seemingly nondescript moments of everyone's life and magically transforms them into precious pearls of wisdom to be cherished by us in our forward march through the stony paths and the dew kissed rose gardens that life leads us through.The beauty of this book lies in the relevance of his musings even today.Despite the book being written in the late nineteenth century, never once do we feel even an iota of antiquity in it.This is a book everyone can relate to for it talks not of a single man's view of life but the collective human race's.Reading through this book is like flipping through an old photo album on the mantle piece, where it lay undisturbed and free to gather dust only to be picked up on a lazy Saturday afternoon with little else to do, than browse through each photograph taken in some distant past, looking at which releases the dam of associative memories linked to it that evokes a little sigh or a grin or a mix of both , though not necessarily in equal measure .This book is a treasure not to be missed and will sure evoke laughter as well as introspection on the vagaries of life.
Some nuggets from the book:
"You have been in love, of course! If not you' ve got it to come.Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.Also like the measles, we take it only once. One never need be afraid of catching it a second time. The man who has had it can go into the most dangerous places and play the most foolhardy tricks with perfect safety."
Target Audience : Age 14 and above
Difficulty: Average
Rating: Excellent
My recommendation:To be read at the earliest
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