The Diary of a Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith
The Diary of a Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith
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The Diary of a Nobody

Author: George and Weedon Grossmith

Narrator: Michael Ward

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2021

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Satire


Synopsis

An english comic novel, The Diary of a Nobody, reproduces the diary entries of one Charles Pooter, a city clerk, his scrapes, his attempts to reach high society, his despair of his son ever finding a decent position, of his friends Cummings and Gowing, and numerous comic adventures and misadventures in the 19th century middle class.

The Diary made its initial appearance as an intermittent serial in the satirical weekly magazine Punch.

Although its critical and popular success was not evident until the third edition appeared in October 1910. After the First World War the book's popularity continued to grow; regular reprintings and new editions ensured that thereafter the book was never out of print, It has subsequently been hailed by Belloc as "one of the half-dozen immortal achievements of our time"

Narrated by Michael Ward.

Reviews

Goodreads review by MJ on April 25, 2012

11 April Sat down to write a capsule review of The Diary of a Nobody. Interrupted by a loving thump at the door. It was Mark Nicholls from my review of Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, a piece of spoof metafiction that ranks as my most liked GR review. I studied my 23-year-old self......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on January 03, 2013

Brilliant! A book filled with unimportant characters, not about anything in particular, in which nothing much happens. Well not exactly, this is a satire on being ordinary. Admittedly modern readers may not find it as funny as when it was first published in Punch in the late 19th century, as the cont......more