# Tea-Table Talk

Author: Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2353

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tea-Table+Talk+Jerome&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

PAGE WHO WOULD BE A CHAPERONE? _Frontispiece_ HE WOULD FLING HIMSELF ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HER, 14 NEVER NOTICING THE DOG I LEFT THEM AT IT 16 HE WENT WITH HER AND MADE HIMSELF RIDICULOUS AT THE 20 DRESSMAKER’S WHY SHOULD WE SEEK TO EXPLAIN AWAY ALL THE 26 BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF LIFE? ARE WE SO SURE THAT ART DOES ELEVATE? 38 THE ARTIST KNEW PRECISELY THE SORT OF GIRL THAT 42 OUGHT TO BE THERE A MAN’S WORK ’TIS TILL SET OF SUN, BUT A WOMAN’S 52 WORK IS NEVER DONE! DOES THE LADY OUT SHOPPING EVER FALL IN LOVE WITH 56 THE WAITER AT THE BUN-SHOP? WOMAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY NATURE THE TRUSTEE OF 58 THE CHILDREN COMPARING HIMSELF THE WHILE WITH MOLIÈRE READING TO 80 HIS COOK THE SINGER MAY BE A HEA...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tea-table-talk-2353/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tea-table-talk-2353/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tea-table-talk-2353/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tea-table-talk-2353/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tea-table-talk-2353/chapters/5/index.md)