6/10/2023 0 Comments The diary of a nobody![]() ![]() The diary is interspersed with snippets of period classical music, which add to the all-around pleasure. As this is a diary, Pooter necessarily tells the story, but Jarvis gives such life to Pooter’s comments about his companions that we imagine their voices clearly. Jarvis’s Pooter speaks with orotund vowels and a bemused tone. ![]() Written in 1892 by two actor brothers, one of whom starred in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, this fictitious diary gives voice to the grandiose hopes, simple pleasures, near misses and outright disasters that comprise most people’s lives. This edition features Weedon Grossmith's hilarious illustrations and is complemented by an. ![]() Martin Jarvis simply owns this comic novel about hapless London city clerk Charles Pooter, an endearing stuffed shirt whose life is a series of misunderstandings. Both celebration and critique, The Diary of a Nobody has often been imitated, but never bettered. Titles by George and Weedon Grossmith Titles by George and Weedon Grossmith The Diary of a Nobody (unabridged) Reviews ![]()
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