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  • 2019

The diary of a nobody

George Grossmith, (1847-1912,)

Paul Bailey, (1937-), Weedon Grossmith, (1852-1919,)

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"The Diary of a Nobody, the spoof diary of Charles Pooter, a London clerk, first appeared as a book in 1892 and has never been out of print since. The hilariously trivial doings of the accident-prone Pooter, his wife Carrie and their troublesome son Lupin have inspired many writers since, including the authors of Bridget Jones's Diary and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. The satirical novelist Evelyn Waugh called it "the funniest book in the world." This enduring classic of Victorian social comedy is now available in a newly edited Broadview edition. This edition includes a critical introduction, comprehensive notes on the many historical allusions in the text, and a wide selection of relevant contemporary materials on the clerk's life, suburbia, spiritualism, and domestic economy. A selection of Weedon Grossmith's original illustrations also accompanies the novel."--

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Title Statement The diary of a nobody / George and Weedon Grossmith ; with original illustrations by Weedon Grossmith ; with an afterword by Paul Bailey.
Author Grossmith, George, 1847-1912
Additional Contributors Bailey, Paul,1937-
Grossmith, Weedon,1852-1919
Publication London: Macmillan Collector's Library,2019.
Extent of Item 209 pages
ISBN 9781509881390 (hardcover)
Other Number pr02663787
General Notes First published 1892.
This edition first published 2008 by Collector's Library.
Summary "The Diary of a Nobody, the spoof diary of Charles Pooter, a London clerk, first appeared as a book in 1892 and has never been out of print since. The hilariously trivial doings of the accident-prone Pooter, his wife Carrie and their troublesome son Lupin have inspired many writers since, including the authors of Bridget Jones's Diary and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. The satirical novelist Evelyn Waugh called it "the funniest book in the world." This enduring classic of Victorian social comedy is now available in a newly edited Broadview edition. This edition includes a critical introduction, comprehensive notes on the many historical allusions in the text, and a wide selection of relevant contemporary materials on the clerk's life, suburbia, spiritualism, and domestic economy. A selection of Weedon Grossmith's original illustrations also accompanies the novel."--
Subjects & Genres
By Topic Clerks--Fiction
Families--Fiction--History--19th century--England
Men--Fiction--History--19th century--England
Middle class--Fiction
Suburban life--Fiction--History--19th century--England
By Location England--Fiction--Social life and customs--19th century
By Genre Diary fiction
Humorous fiction
Novels
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