· The great British novel about class snobbery and overweening pomposity, The Diary of a Nobody gifts the world Mr Pooter, a Victorian gentleman constantly at war with tradesmen, his feckless son and a barrage of inanimate objects. Rejoicing in the absurdity of cringe-inducing social clangers and exquisitely constructed set pieces, the Grossmith’s landmark work still retains the power to induce 5/5(7). This complete text of The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by Weedon Grossmith, is in the public domain. This book can be ordered at Amazon: The Diary of a Nobody. This page has been created by Philipp Lenssen. . So publish he does, or rather two brothers, George and Weedon Grossmith created and publish a series of humorous articles for the magazine Punch that were eventually published in as the book Diary of a 4/5().
This complete text of The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by Weedon Grossmith, is in the public domain. This book can be ordered at Amazon: The Diary of a Nobody. This page has been created by Philipp Lenssen. Page last updated on April Complete book. Authorama - Classic Literature, free of copyright. The Diary of a Nobody. By: George Grossmith () Grossmith's comic novel unveils the daily chronicles of the pompous and clumsy middle-aged clerk Charles Pooter, who has just moved to the London suburb of Holloway with his wife Carrie. Nonetheless, the family's fresh start is not quite what they had in mind. 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.. Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life.
Grossmith, George, Author: Grossmith, Weedon, Title: The Diary of a Nobody Credits: Updated: Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Humorous stories Subject: England -- Fiction Subject: Men -- England -- Fiction Subject: Diary fiction Subject: Suburban life -- Fiction Subject. The Diary of Nobody () created a cultural icon, an English archetype. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter has come to epitomize English suburban life. His diary chronicles encounters with difficult tradesmen, the delights of home improvements, small parties, minor embarrassments, and problems with his troublesome son. 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 –89 and first appeared in book form, with extended text and added illustrations, in
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