The Diary of a Nobody is an English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith. The book first appeared in Punch magazine in 1888 - 89, and was first printed in book form in 1892. It is considered a classic work of humour and has never been out of...
e settle down in our new home, and I resolve to keep a diary. Tradesmen trouble us a bit, so does the scraper. The Curate calls and pays me a great compliment. My dear wife Carrie and I have just been a week in our new house, "The Laurels," Brickfield Terrace, Holloway-a...
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Weedon Grossmith's 1892 book presents the details of English suburban life through the anxious and accident-prone character of Charles Porter. Porter's diary chronicles his daily routine, which includes small parties, minor embarrassments, home improvements, and his relationship...
Weedon Grossmith's 1892 book presents the details of English suburban life through the anxious and accident-prone character of Charles Porter. Porter's diary chronicles his daily routine, which includes small parties, minor embarrassments, home improvements, and his relationship...
Channelling a razor-sharp satire through the everyday mishaps of the immortal comic character Mr Pooter, George and Weedon Grossmith's The Diary of a Nobody is edited with an introduction and notes by Ed Glinert in Penguin Classics.
The spoof diary of a lower-middle-class London clerk, this comic masterpiece-which details the doings of the ridiculously pompous and accident-prone Charles Pooter, his wife Carrie and their troublesome son Lupin-has been a source of delight to generations of readers and inspired...
The Diary of a Nobody is a comic novel written by George Grossmith and originally published in 1892. The story is presented as the diary of Charles Pooter, a middle-class clerk living in Victorian London with his wife Carrie and their son Lupin. The diary chronicles the everyday...
The Diary of a Nobody is an English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by the latter. It originated as an intermittent serial in Punch magazine in 1888-89 and first appeared in book form, with extended text and added illustrations,...
'I fail to see - because I do not happen to be a "Somebody" - why my diary should be not be interesting'
This delightful Victorian comic diary is a classic of English humor which has never been out of print since its first publication in 1892. City clerk Charles Pooter asks: "Why should I not publish my diary ... because I do not happen to be a 'somebody'?" He proceeds to catalog...
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