The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers. The jokes seem fresh and witty even today.
- ISBN10 9350363038
- ISBN13 9789350363034
- Publish Date 1 July 2013 (first published 23 February 2011)
- Publish Status Withdrawn
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Ratna Sagar
- Edition Annotated edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 312
- Language English