![]() ![]() The sequel, Three Men on the Bummel, appeared in 1900. In 1888 Jerome married Georgina Stanley and a year later he published his most famous work, Three Men in a Boat. In 1885 he published On the Stage - and Off which was followed in 1886 by Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. ![]() After his father died, Jerome left school at fourteen and worked as a railway clerk, actor, journalist and teacher. Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall on and brought up in East London. George died in 1912, followed by his brother in 1919. It was published in 1892, with Weedon's illustrations, to instant acclaim and has remained in print ever since. The Diary of a Nobody began life as a series of columns the brothers wrote together for Punch which they later expanded into a novel. Weedon trained as a painter at the Slade and the Royal Academy, but soon turned to acting like his brother. George became a popular composer and performer of comic songs as well as a successful actor. George and Weedon Grossmith were born in London in 18 respectively to a theatrical family who were friends with Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. ![]()
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