This comic novel by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith remains as
entertaining and relevant today as the day it was first published.
When it first appeared as a Punch magazine serial in 1888-89, The
Diary of a Nobody became a minor sensation for its quirkiness and
wit. George Grossmith was already an accomplished musical
entertainer, having contributed to Gilbert and Sullivan's comic
operas during the 1870s and 1880s, while Weedon was a notable actor
and playwright. Combining their talents into this book, the result
is an astute and amusing social satire with plentiful relevance
even today. Much of The Diary of a Nobody's humour is derived from
the protagonist's unwarranted sense of self-importance. Charles
Pooter commonly affirms his sense of worthiness the text, but in
actuality undergoes a series of small humiliations in social life,
all the while striving for goals which had become common tropes of
the lower-middle classes in English society.
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