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Diary of a Pilgrimage
Diary of a Pilgrimage
By Jerome K. Jerome
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Diary of a Pilgrimage
PREFACE
Said a friend of mine to me some months ago: "Well now, why don't
you write a SENSIBLE book? I should like to see you make people
think."
"Do you believe it can be done, then?" I asked.
"Well, try," he replied.
Accordingly, I have tried. This is a sensible book. I want you to
understand that. This is a book to improve your mind. In this book I
tell you all about Germany--at all events, all I know about Germany--and
the Ober-Ammergau Passion Play. I also tell you about other things. I
do not tell you all I know about all these other things, because I do not
want to swamp you with knowledge. I wish to lead you gradually.
When you have learnt this book, you e again, and I will tell you
some more. I should only be defeating my own object did I, by making
you think too much at first, give you a perhaps, lasting dislike to the
exercise. I have purposely put the matter in a light and attractive form,
so that I may secure the attention of the young and the frivolous. I do not
want them to notice, as they go on, that they are being instructed; and I
have, therefore, endeavoured to disguise from them, so far as is practicable,
that this is either an exceptionally clever or an exceptionally useful work.
I want to do them good without their knowing it. I want to do you all
good--to improve your minds and to make you think, if I can.
WHAT you will think after you have read the book, I do not want to
know; indeed, I would rather not know. It will be sufficient reward for
me to feel that I have done my duty, and to receive a percentage on the
gross sales.
LONDON, March, 1891.
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Diary of a Pilgrimage
MONDAY, 19TH
My Friend B.--Invitation to the Theatre.--A Most Unpleasant
Regulation.--Yearnings of the Embryo Traveller.--How to Make the Most
of One's Own Country.--Friday, a Lucky Day.--The Pilgrimage Decided
On.
My friend B. called on me