Jerome K Jerome's classic account of a holiday on the Thames (5,3,2,1,4)
I believe the answer is:
three men in a boat
(Other definitions for three men in a boat that I've seen before include "Funny story" , "Work" , "skipper and his two best mates?" , "George, Harris and Jerome K. Jerome" , "Novel of Thames travellers (5,3,2,1,4)" .)