1908 Hardcover Book, Passing of the Third Floor Back, Short Stories, Fiction, Literature, Antique Book

1908 Hardcover Book, Passing of the Third Floor Back, Jerome Klapka Jerome, Short Stories, Fiction, Literature, Antique Book

An antique hardcover 1908 edition of Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome Klapka Jerome. It has a green cloth cover with red embossed titles.
This is a compilation of 6 short Stories. Passing of the Third Floor Back was made into a successful movie in 1935.

The stories in the book include:

Passing of the Third Floor Back ~ A mysterious stranger moves into a squalid boarding house and changes the lives of everyone who comes into contact with him.

The Philosopher’s Joke ~ What if you could go back to your younger days, but still remember everything you’d learned through your maturity?

The Soul of Nicolas Snyders or The Miser of Zandam ~ An exchange of souls.

Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies ~ A clever friend puts an interesting spin on a marital crisis.

The Cost of Kindness ~ A good deed sets off a chain reaction, with very different results than first anticipated.

The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl ~ Self-sacrifice taken to the extreme with a shocking conclusion

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat.


Size:
7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches
Hardcover
Green Cloth Cover With Red Embossed Titles.
Published by Dodd, Mead, & Company -- 1908

This book is in Used but Good condition. The book's binding is tight. The pages are yellowed with age and there is mild staining on the cover. There is no dust jacket. Shows the usual amount of shelf wear for a book of this age



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