Jerome Klapka Jerome 
John Ingerfield and Other Stories [EPUB ebook] 

pub One.info present you this new edition. Once upon a time, I wrote a little story of a woman who was crushed to death by a python. A day or two after its publication, a friend stopped me in the street. "Charming little story of yours, " he said, "that about the woman and the snake; but it’s not as funny as some of your things! " The next week, a newspaper, referring to the tale, remarked, "We have heard the incident related before with infinitely greater humour.