{"product_id":"2026100012254-secondhand-the-diary-of-a-nobody","title":"The Diary Of A Nobody","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Slipcase: Good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\n\nOriginally 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948302995675,"sku":"2026100012254-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1c1cd48e-2ad3-4ff2-a288-7837fa86927e.png?v=1793104122","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012254-secondhand-the-diary-of-a-nobody","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}