The Diary of a Nobody

Grossmith, George

ISBN 10: 0750909862 / ISBN 13: 9780750909860

Published by Sutton Publishing, 1991

About this Item

Near fine condition.Alan Sutton,1991.First edition-first printing of this edition.Originally was published in 1892.Large format paperback(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages as new with a couple of small creases,nicks and ink mark on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book.192pp.A collectable book. First edition-first printing of this edition. Seller Inventory # 5940

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Diary of a Nobody

Publisher: Sutton Publishing

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The fictional chronicles of the anxious, accident-prone, and very English Charles Pooter. Originally serialised in 'Punch' before appearing in book form in 1892.

Review:

"There's a universality about Pooter that touches everybody...fits into the tradition of absurd humour that the British do well, which started with Jonathan Swift and runs through Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear to Monty Python" (Jasper Fforde Time Out)

"The funniest book in the world" (Evelyn Waugh)

"Pooter himself is as gentle as you could wish, a wonderful character, genuinely lovable. The book is beautifully constructed" (Andrew Davies Glasgow Herald)

"One of those rare books that nails a cultural archetype and has won the affection of successive generations" (The Times)

"The funniest book about a certain type of Englishness...there is a whole line of these comic characters like Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, or Basil Fawlty" (Hugh Bonneville The Times)