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The Diary of a Nobody (Oxford World's Classics)
The Diary of a Nobody - Oxford World's Classics
Author: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
"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 come to be seen as the epitome of English suburban li...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192833273
ISBN-10: 0192833278
Publication Date: 8/18/1998
Pages: 143
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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reviewed The Diary of a Nobody (Oxford World's Classics) on + 35 more book reviews
Re-issued as an Oxford World Classic, this is a diary of an ordinary, somewhat obtuse man at the end of the 19th century. His life is very ordinary, but he decides his diary should be published just like any person of import. Written by a former Gilbert and Sullivan troupe member and illustrated by his brother, it's an amusing book.
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This little book is very famous in England because it accurately depicts suburban life at the turn of the 20th Century. Written as a diary, it is easy to read and it isn't long, either. I was exasperated and amused by the diarist.


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