Three Men in a Boat 1891, "Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch" by Constance MacEwen was published. This book relates the journey of three young university women who set out to emulate the river trip in "Three Men in a Boat" in an effort to raise the spirits of one of them, who is about to be expelled from university. To take the place of Montmorency, they bring a cat called Tintoretto. Three Men in a Boat is referenced in the 1956 parody novel on mountaineering, "The Ascent of Rum Doodle", where the head porter Bing is said to spend "much of his
The Girl on the Boat The Girl on the Boat The Girl on the Boat is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It first appeared in 1921 as a serial in the "Woman's Home Companion" in the United States under the title "Three Men and a Maid". It was first published as a book in the United States on April 26, 1922, by George H. Doran, New York, and as " The Girl on the Boat" in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on June 15, 1922. The maid of the title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennett, and the three men are: The