# Slang and cant in Jerome K. Jerome's works

Author: Bosson, Olof E., 1871-

Genre: Category: British Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71307

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## Summary

JEROME gives us very good specimens of the ordinary language of the Victorian era. His style is not surprisingly original, but he shows a remarkable talent in rendering with perfect accuracy the characteristic talk of different classes of society. The persons he introduces to us need only utter a few words, before we are able to form a conception of their social position, their degree of culture, etc.; very often we get in this manner a clue also to their character. The author has led an exceptionally varied life—in his early years he was at different times a clerk, a teacher, an actor, a journalist. He had, accordingly, frequent opportunities of communicating with individuals of differen...

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/slang-and-cant-in-jerome-k-jerome-s-works-71307/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/slang-and-cant-in-jerome-k-jerome-s-works-71307/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/slang-and-cant-in-jerome-k-jerome-s-works-71307/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/slang-and-cant-in-jerome-k-jerome-s-works-71307/chapters/4/index.md)