Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859 -1927) was an English writer and humourist. "Malvina of Brittany" is a highly entertaining work that describes the life of Malvina, the Queen's attendant. This is a early shortstory collection of Jerome, which includes "Malvina of Brittany", "The Street of the Blank Wall", "His Evening Out", "The Lesson", Sylvia of the Letters", and "The Fawn Gloves".