The Diary of a Nobody

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By Weedon Grossmith

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The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith is a brilliantly comic novel in the form of a diary, chronicling the absurdly earnest life of Mr. Charles Pooter, a middle-class clerk in late-Victorian London. With meticulous detail and unintentional humor, Pooter records the trivialities of suburban existence—social mishaps, domestic squabbles, and futile attempts at respectability. From misaddressed invitations to his son's escapades, every entry reveals his pomposity, naivety, and endearing self-importance. Through sharp satire and deadpan narration, the novel gently mocks Victorian social aspirations and the quiet desperation of the lower gentry. A masterpiece of understated humor, it transforms the ordinary into the hilarious, making the "nobody" unforgettable.

The Diary of a Nobody