Book 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,…
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1 author picked The Diary of a Nobody as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a classic satire on middle-class aspirations–it is timelessly funny and kind of gripping in a mundane bourgeois way. But most importantly it offers a fascinating glimpse of ordinary London life in Victorian times.
I must admit it was really brought to life for me when I saw the stage version with Dame Judy Dench and her husband Michael Williams playing the lead roles: don’t hate me.
From Sally's list on the less obvious bits of London.
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