
The Diary of a Nobody
George and Weedon Grossmith(Author)
Freedom with Pluralism (Publisher)
Published on 7. August 2021
Book
Hardback
94 pages
978-81-953890-3-2 (ISBN)
Description
Mr. Pooter has read about many people who have kept diaries, and concludes that he too should keep a diary, even though he is not famous, just a nobody.
Mr. Pooter's life is a hilarious mix of comic moments filled with common people, everyday events, bathtub accidents, marriage proposals breaking, peculiar friends, and visitors galore.
In this diary, Mr. Pooter, the bank clerk, chronicles his upside-down life. The events mentioned are comically entertaining, and will make you chuckle, even though they are of a nobody.
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Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
202 gr
ISBN-13
978-81-953890-3-2 (9788195389032)
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'George Grossmith' was an English writer, composer, actor, singer and comedian of the Victorian era. As a performer, he was most famous for creating several memorable characters in Gilbert and Sullivan's original plays and musicals. He acted in the first productions of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' (1878), 'The Pirates of Penzance' (1880) and 'The Mikado' (1885-87). His writing consisted mainly of comic sketches, with the best-known being 'The Diary of a Nobody' (1892), written with his brother, Weedon. Grossmith died in 1912.
'Weedon Grossmith' was an English writer, painter, actor and playwright of the Victorian era. Although he trained as a painter, he was more successful on stage. He collaborated with his brother George, one of the most successful light comedy actors of the time, in writing 'The Diary of a Nobody' and contributed all the pen-and-ink illustrations for it. He died in 1919 at the age of 65.