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    The Diary of a Nobody
    The Diary of a Nobody
    The Diary of a Nobody
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    The Diary of a Nobody

    By George and Weedon Grossmith

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    This uproarious comic novel is a must-read for lovers of classic British humor. The Diary of a Nobody follows the travails of one Charles Pooter, a middle-class clerk with high-society aspirations and outrageous delusions of grandeur. You'll laugh out loud at Pooter's pretentiousness and plenteous faux pas as he attempts to move up the treacherous ladder of social class in nineteenth-century London.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJH
    Release dateApr 1, 2019
    ISBN9788832562163
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    George and Weedon Grossmith

    George and Weedon Grossmith were brothers, best remembered for their 1892 comic novel, The Diary of a Nobody, which they co-authored, with illustrations by Weedon. George Grossmith was also famous as a music hall performer (he created a series of memorable characters in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan), and as a writer and composer.

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