Novel: Three men in a boat. Author: Jerome K Jerome Genre: Humor fiction My altered genre: Tragedy. Sitting in a library, smoking some cigars the three friends Jerome, George and Harries realised that they are hypochondriac who believe they are ailing with every sort of diseases in the world. To take a break from their hectic schedule and to refresh their stressed minds to some extent they thought to go on a trip. As they hated sea trips, finally they concluded to go on a river trip to River Thames with J's dog Montmorency.