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    Passing of the Third Floor Back
    Passing of the Third Floor Back
    Passing of the Third Floor Back
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    Passing of the Third Floor Back

    By Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 2004
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      A solid little group of era-correct short stories, reasonably well written – if a bit wordy - and quite moralistic. No doubt as to what we’re supposed to be thinking at the end of each!The title story, Passing of the Third Floor Back, was made into a quite successful movie in 1935, starring Conrad Veidt. Six stories make up this collection.Passing of the Third Floor Back ~ A mysterious stranger moves into a squalid boarding house and changes the lives of everyone who comes into contact with him.The Philosopher’s Joke ~ What if you could go back to your younger days, but still remember everything you’d learned through your maturity? I liked the premise, but found the handling rather awkward. An intriguing idea – very thought-provoking.The Soul of Nicolas Snyders, or The Miser of Zandam ~ An exchange of souls has predictable results, and a few surprises. Moralistic but smile-provoking.Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies ~ The most purely humorous story of the collection. A clever friend puts an interesting spin on a marital crisis.The Cost of Kindness ~ A good deed sets off a chain reaction, with very different results than first anticipated. Another humorous piece.The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl ~ Self-sacrifice taken to the extreme. This was the most serious story of the lot; a rather shocking conclusion, which the author attempts to soften with a Biblical tag.

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