Hampton Court Maze
Hedge maze in the gardens of Hampton Court Palace, south-west London. In Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome) Harris gets a crowd hopelessly lost in it.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Men in a Boat | Jerome K. Jerome | subject | Harris leads a growing crowd round and round until a keeper has to rescue them. |
Three Men in a Boat — Jerome K. Jerome (1889)
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They had to wait until one of the old keepers came back from his dinner before they got out.
- Role: subject
- In the book: Harris, confident from the map, leads his country cousin and a growing crowd round the maze; they keep passing the same half-penny bun and landing in the centre, and the young keeper gets lost too, so they wait for an old keeper to come back from his dinner.
- Why it matters: One of the book’s best-known comic set pieces.