The Diary of a Nobody

THE DIARY OF A NOBODY began as a serial in Punch and the book which followed in 1892 has never been out of print. The Grossmith brothers not only created an immortal comic character but produced a clever satire of their society. Mr Pooter is an office clerk and upright family man in a dull 1880s suburb. His diary is a wonderful portrait of the class system and the inherent snobbishness of the suburban middle classes. It sends up contemporary crazes for Aestheticism, spiritualism and bicycling, as well as the fashion for publishing diaries by anybody and everybody.

First sentence: MY DEAR WIFE CARRIE and I have just been a week in our new house, 'The Laurels,' Brickfield Terrace, Holloway - a nice six-roomed residence, not counting basement, with a front breakfast-parlour.

Year

1918

Language

English

Publisher

Dutton Adult

Editions

11

Pages

288

ISBN

9780460019637

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