Before Reading 'Three Men in a Boat'

Why would I want to post something about a book even before reading it? Just for the fun of it! We have all heard of the saying "Never judge a book by its cover" and although it is not meant in the literal sense, we do it all the time; with both books and people. Frankly, we just can't help but judge a book by its cover these days, what with all the amazing cover art that is coming up. So I decided that it would be really fun to pen down my thoughts of what I make of a book by looking at its cover and then compare it to what I think of it after actually reading the whole book.

Pillaiyar suzhi for this task is with Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. Google Aandavar helped in the quest for cover images of this book. I found so many different book covers! This is when I realized that the book has a tag-line "To say nothing of the Dog"!!! After looking at many images and also having heard before that it sits in the humor genre, I think that the book is about the misadventures of three men and their pet dog in a boat. There are two cover pages that made an impression on me. Shown below is the one that I loved best. The simplicity and elegance with which the idea of all the things that can go wrong with these three men and their dog is expressed enamoured me a lot.  

 

The next cover page (shown below) made me feel that the three men along with their dog are out to conquer the world. It gives out a sense of hope for good things to come rather than pointing to anything that could go wrong. Perhaps the holding of the flag and the manner in which the men are seated gives that illusion. Such a contrast to the other cover pages! 

I have ended up with two opposing thoughts about one book, based on the varied cover pages. Let me see what the book is actually like now!