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Paul Kelver Volume 1

Author
Jerome K. Jerome
Language
English
Length
157 pages
ISBN
9781836105039
Published
13 May 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • coming of age
  • Victorian England
  • self-discovery
  • childhood memories
  • personal growth
  • social class
  • first love
  • family relationships
  • autobiographical fiction
  • emotional development

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Paul Kelver by Jerome K. Jerome follows the coming-of-age journey of Paul Kelver, a sensitive young man growing up in Victorian England. Through childhood struggles, friendships, ambitions, and first love, Paul searches for identity and purpose in a society shaped by class and convention. Blending humor with reflection, the novel explores memory, self-discovery, and the challenges of becoming an adult.

Author

Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) made English humour sound like a friend talking — ironic, lazy, and suddenly exact about human folly. Three Men in a Boat is his masterpiece: a mock-epic of river travel in which packing, weather, and wounded dignity become high adventure. Before and after it he wrote essays and sequels that celebrate idleness as a mild philosophy — Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow chief among them.

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