This article appeared on wikipedias main page as todays featured article on october 9, 20. Diary of a nobody is an often painfully funny novel. I hope diary of a nobody is in safe hands television. The hilariously trivial doings of the accidentprone pooter, his wife carrie and their troublesome son lupin have inspired many writers since, including the authors of bridget joness diary and the secret diary of adrian mole. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Ebook the diary of a nobody by george grossmith read online or. The diary of a nobody by george grossmith and weedon. With terrence hardiman, sheila steafel, richard willis, ann beach. George grossmith, an actor, and his artist brother wheedon took the view that the british reading public had surely had enough of diaries written by people who were somebodies and it was high time attention. In a personal list of 100 best books of all times, made by an author, the book makes an appearance. However, despite the earnest attempt by the film maker, somehow an awful lot of the humor was lost in the single actor narration. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
The comic tale of charles pooter and his wife caroline, a middleclass couple living in. The diary of a nobody, the spoof diary of charles pooter, a london clerk, first appeared as a book in 1892 and has never been out of print since. Diary of a nobody kindle edition by grossmith, george. Unicode 254k main site readingrooms uk mirror minho pacific zipped unicode 95k. Additional formats may also be available from the main gutenberg site. This delightful victorian comic diary is a classic of english humour which has never been out of print since its first publication in 1892. Buy the diary of a nobody penguin popular classics new edition by george grossmith, weedon grossmith isbn. The diary of a nobody was written with the deliberate intent of mocking the diaries and memoirs that proliferated in the late 1880s. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
First appearing in punch magazine through the years 188889, the diary of a nobody was first published in book form in 1892 and has entertained readers ever since. Andrew davies adaptation of the victorian classic the diary of charles pooter. Some would say that this is inordinately high company for a scribbling nobody to keep, even in his own mind. Other articles where the diary of a nobody is discussed. 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. This bestselling book that birthed the divine mercy movement, one of the fastest growing movements in world today. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. This amazing narrrative will stir your heart and soul while it chronicles the experience of a simple polish nun. The true diary of mary rose in the literary orphans journal we are very proud to present to you an interview with gillian mccain and legs mcneil, conducted by our marvelous poety editor, katie perttunen. And yet, taken as a whole, the inman diary stands up. The reader, arthur lowe, you may remember as captain mainwaring in the television series dads army, which was broadcast on the bbc. This book is the diary of a girl named mary rose who wrote the words.
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