The Diary Of A Nobody
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
What happens when an ordinary man decides his life is worth recording for posterity? The Diary of a Nobody answers that question with magnificent comic precision, chronicling the daily misadventures of Charles Pooter, a clerk in the City of London, whose earnest self-importance and blissful lack of self-awareness make him one of the most endearing and hilarious figures in English literature. Written as a mock diary, the novel presents the mundane domestic trials of suburban Victorian life — from social snubs and household mishaps to the irredeemable antics of his wayward son Lupin — with a deadpan wit that is as devastating as it is affectionate. George and Weedon Grossmith, originally serialising the story in *Punch* magazine in 1888 before its publication as a novel in 1892, crafted a work of satirical genius that holds a mirror up to the pretensions and anxieties of the English middle class. Its influence on comic writing is immeasurable, echoing through the centuries in everything from P.G. Wodehouse to David Brent. This beautifully produced Folio Society edition, adorned with drawings by John Lawrence, presents the text in a form as dignified as Pooter himself would have wished — leaving the reader to wonder whether, in laughing at him, we are not also laughing at ourselves.
Author: George And Weedon Grossmith
Format: Hardback
Published: 1999, The Folio Society
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
What happens when an ordinary man decides his life is worth recording for posterity? The Diary of a Nobody answers that question with magnificent comic precision, chronicling the daily misadventures of Charles Pooter, a clerk in the City of London, whose earnest self-importance and blissful lack of self-awareness make him one of the most endearing and hilarious figures in English literature. Written as a mock diary, the novel presents the mundane domestic trials of suburban Victorian life — from social snubs and household mishaps to the irredeemable antics of his wayward son Lupin — with a deadpan wit that is as devastating as it is affectionate. George and Weedon Grossmith, originally serialising the story in *Punch* magazine in 1888 before its publication as a novel in 1892, crafted a work of satirical genius that holds a mirror up to the pretensions and anxieties of the English middle class. Its influence on comic writing is immeasurable, echoing through the centuries in everything from P.G. Wodehouse to David Brent. This beautifully produced Folio Society edition, adorned with drawings by John Lawrence, presents the text in a form as dignified as Pooter himself would have wished — leaving the reader to wonder whether, in laughing at him, we are not also laughing at ourselves.