The Diary Of A Nobody
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
What could possibly be remarkable about the life of a man who is, by all accounts, utterly ordinary? The Diary of a Nobody answers that question with riotous, affectionate wit, chronicling the domestic adventures of Charles Pooter — a modest London clerk — through his own meticulously kept diary. Set in the late Victorian suburbs of Holloway, the novel presents Pooter's self-important observations on social etiquette, household mishaps, and the persistent embarrassments inflicted upon him by his wayward son Lupin, all rendered with a deadpan comic precision that has made the book a cornerstone of English humour. Originally serialised in Punch magazine between 1888 and 1889, the Grossmith brothers crafted a satire so gentle and so true that its target — the aspirational, dignity-obsessed middle classes — could laugh along without entirely realising they were the joke. The prose style, rendered entirely through Pooter's oblivious first-person voice, is a masterclass in unreliable narration, anticipating the comic anti-heroes of the twentieth century. John Lawrence's drawings, included in this Folio Society edition, bring a warmly illustrated texture to Pooter's world, making one wonder: could there be, lurking within each of us, just a little of Mr Pooter?
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 could possibly be remarkable about the life of a man who is, by all accounts, utterly ordinary? The Diary of a Nobody answers that question with riotous, affectionate wit, chronicling the domestic adventures of Charles Pooter — a modest London clerk — through his own meticulously kept diary. Set in the late Victorian suburbs of Holloway, the novel presents Pooter's self-important observations on social etiquette, household mishaps, and the persistent embarrassments inflicted upon him by his wayward son Lupin, all rendered with a deadpan comic precision that has made the book a cornerstone of English humour. Originally serialised in Punch magazine between 1888 and 1889, the Grossmith brothers crafted a satire so gentle and so true that its target — the aspirational, dignity-obsessed middle classes — could laugh along without entirely realising they were the joke. The prose style, rendered entirely through Pooter's oblivious first-person voice, is a masterclass in unreliable narration, anticipating the comic anti-heroes of the twentieth century. John Lawrence's drawings, included in this Folio Society edition, bring a warmly illustrated texture to Pooter's world, making one wonder: could there be, lurking within each of us, just a little of Mr Pooter?