The Diary of a Nobody
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FVGLWK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 531 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His brother, Weedon (1852-1919), was a writer, painter, actor and playwright. George Grossmith (1847-1912) was a comedian, writer, actor and singer best known for his comic roles in Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.
"Undiluted Late-Victorian Brilliance" according to Alexander Gaya. If you, like myself, are a neo-Victorian, you will "laugh till the bed shakes", as the hero of this 'diary' (and yes, 'hero' is the right word) himself does at his own punny jokes. Ten pages in and half as many persons have tripped over the mud scraper…an unmanageable young son with 'forward' slang…squabbles with servants, old friends and unpleasant new acquaintances…trouble at work…social embarrassments. Falling down funny, perfectly pitched satire C. Ebeling Mr. Charles Pooter, a middle-class, middle-aged suburban Londoner in the late Victorian Era, decides to keep a diary. After all, it seems like everyone is publishing their diaries, so why shouldn't he? His only regret is that he had not begun the diary sooner. When part of the way through this hilarious story related through his daily entries it seems that someone ripped out several pages to use for fire kindling, he says to his lo. John the Reader said You will - eventually - like this character!. In my youth there was a BBC Radio program called ITMA - It's That Man Again. I kept running across a certain Charles Pooter and references to his diaries in much of my reading. Eventually I realized, from the comments that indicated sheer pleasure, that this was a book I should own and read, even if it was just fiction. I very quickly read and enjoyed this little book that I shelved it, for a later reread, and forgot to review it.
First published in book form in 1892, this fictional diary is that of someone who acknowledges that he is not a "somebody" - Charles Pooter, a clerk in the city of London. He chronicles, with often hilarious detail, the everyday life of the lower-middle-classes during the Victorian Age.
The funniest book in the world -- Evelyn Waugh The funniest book I know -- William Trevor Mail on Sunday