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Diary of a Nobody

(Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics)

By George Grossmith

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| Paperback | 9781853262012

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"Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see, because I do not happen to be a 'Somebody'--why my diary should not be interesting." So wrote the anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter, who has
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First published episodically in Punch, 1892. This edition, Penguin 1975
This really needs no introduction – I have several ancient anthologies of humour which fail to crack a smile from front to back, but Diary of a Nobody remains a classic, sending up ponderous Victorian suburbia with knowing wit ... (continue)

First published episodically in Punch, 1892. This edition, Penguin 1975
This really needs no introduction – I have several ancient anthologies of humour which fail to crack a smile from front to back, but Diary of a Nobody remains a classic, sending up ponderous Victorian suburbia with knowing wit.

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Philip Downer said on Jun 20, 2011 | Add your feedback

A most cheerful reading!

... a pity that I leaned the book from a library and hadn't time enough to finish it before the term's end. :) However, I will buy a copy as soon as possible, because not only the diary is relevant to one interested in observing literary devices of (self)representation in Victorian Britain's society ... (continue)

... a pity that I leaned the book from a library and hadn't time enough to finish it before the term's end. :) However, I will buy a copy as soon as possible, because not only the diary is relevant to one interested in observing literary devices of (self)representation in Victorian Britain's society, but quite entertaining, too.

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Eleonora said on Jul 20, 2010 | Add your feedback