The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith
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"The Diary of a Nobody" by George and Weedon Grossmith is a comic novel published in 1892. It chronicles fifteen months in the life of Charles Pooter, a London clerk whose inflated sense of self-importance collides constantly with everyday reality. Through daily entries, readers witness his domestic troubles, social mishaps, and minor humiliations as he navigates lower-middle-class Victorian life with his wife Carrie and friends. The humor derives from Pooter's obliviousness to
his own pomposity, creating a portrait that resonated immediately with contemporary readers and established a lasting genre of aspirational comedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Grossmith, George, 1847-1912 |
|---|---|
| Author | Grossmith, Weedon, 1852-1919 |
| Title | The Diary of a Nobody |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Nobody |
| Credits | David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Men -- England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Diary fiction |
| Subject | Suburban life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Middle class -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1026 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 1997 |
| Last Update | Oct 16, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1082 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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