How is 'Three men in a Boat' more of a travelogue
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Travelogue is a piece of writing about travel. 'The Three Men in Boat' passes for a perfect travelogue. The plot of the story predominantly set along the course of Thames river. The three friends along with their dog travel from Kingston to Oxford in a boat, tarrying, lingering, sojourning on at many places along the river course. Thus while travelling the author narrates many funny, extremely humorous incidents and episodes such as Harris's maze scene, short stay at Hampton, Mrs Thomas's tomb, Magna-Carta Island, Marlow, Shiplake, and finally reaching Oxford their return home-ward journey. This entire comic odyssey is interspersed with the narrator's extremely funny and humorous narratives, descriptions, reminiscences, etc. At times the narrator becomes, poet, philosopher,and historian. All these things happen while travelling. So the novel can be termed as a travelogue.
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