Diary of a Nobody (Wordsworth Classics)
George Grossmith
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Paperback. The diary is that of someone who acknowledges that he is not a "somebody" - Charles Pooter, a clerk in the city of London, chronicles with often hilarious detail the everyday life of the lower middle classes during the great Victorian Age. Illustrator(s): Grossmith, Weedon. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.
The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author, George Grossmith, seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece. For more than a century this wonderfully comic portrayal of suburban life and values has remained in print, a source of delight to generations of readers, and a major literary influence, much imitated but never equalled.
If you don’t recognise yourself at some point in The Diary you are probably less than human. If you can read it without ... Read more
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Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Series
Wordsworth Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853262012
SKU
V9781853262012
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Ref
99-50
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