Book Description
Mrs Pooter, on discovering that her husband is keeping a diary, decides not to be outdone. This comic and affectionately drawn story creates a charming vista of the lifestyle during the early years of the 20th century.
Author : Keith Waterhouse
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Diary fiction
ISBN :
Mrs Pooter, on discovering that her husband is keeping a diary, decides not to be outdone. This comic and affectionately drawn story creates a charming vista of the lifestyle during the early years of the 20th century.
Author : Keith Waterhouse
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Lupin Pooter
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2017-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780907633587
The Diary of a Nobody is an English comic novel, serialised in Punch magazine, and written by George and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary records the daily events in the lives of a London clerk, Charles Pooter, his wife Carrie, his son Lupin, and their numerous friends and acquaintances, over a period of 15 months. Charles had a difficult relationship with his 20 year old son Lupin. The Diary of Nobody's Son gives Lupin's side of the story. i wish Pa hadn't called his book The Diary of a Nobody. There's a selfish reason; it makes me out to be nobody's son, in fact, nobody's only son; which makes me sound like I am less than nothing. But there's also an unselfish reason. Pa had his moments when he was nothing like a nobody or, to be positive, something like a somebody. This book is partly Pa's and partly mine as I comment on his diary - and especially on what it says about me. It's a dialogue between him and me, a dialogue we never had in real life because it would have been too difficult. The Diary of Nobody's Son deals with their rows about money, Lupin's love life, Lupin's dress sense and the fact that Lupin thinks little of his father's boss, Mr Perkupp (whom Lupin's father idolises). The Diary came to be recognised by critics as a classic work of humour. Lupin's answer is a gem that answers a gem. Witty, unexpected, and even wise in places.
Author : Sue Townsend
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,17 MB
Release : 2003-08-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0060533994
Adrian Mole's first love, Pandora, has left him; a neighbor, Mr. Lucas, appears to be seducing his mother (and what does that mean for his father?); the BBC refuses to publish his poetry; and his dog swallowed the tree off the Christmas cake. "Why" indeed.
Author : Keith Waterhouse
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
ISBN : 9780586071670
Author : Colin Pooley
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1789625025
Personal diaries provide rare glimpses into those aspects of the past that are usually hidden from view. Elizabeth Lee grew up on Merseyside in the late nineteenth century. She began her diary at the age of 16 in 1884 and it provides an unbroken record of her life up to the age of 25 in 1892. Elizabeth’s father was a draper and outfitter with shops in Birkenhead, and throughout the period of the diary Elizabeth lived at home with her family in Prenton. However, she travelled widely on both sides of the Mersey and her diary provides an unusually revealing picture of middle-class life that begins to challenge conventional views of the position of young women in Victorian society. The book includes a detailed introduction to and analysis of the diary, together with a glossary relating to key people in the diary and maps of the localities in which Elizabeth lived her everyday life. There have been a number of diaries published relating to ‘ordinary’ people, but most accounts were written retrospectively as life histories by people who eventually gained some degree of fame or prominence in society. This very rare first-hand account provides a unique insight into adolescent life in Victorian Britain.
Author : Steven H. Gale
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 44,97 MB
Release : 1996
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN : 9780824059903
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 44,98 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1642 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 1913
Category : English literature
ISBN :
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Author : George Grossmith
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : pages
File Size : 11,26 MB
Release : 2022-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8728258401
'The Diary of a Nobody' is a satirical, slapstick comedy about a Victorian family trying to work their way up in society. With a pompous dad, an accident prone son and a story full of shenanigans, it's easy to see how it paved the way for sitcoms like 'Modern Family' and 'Schitts Creek'. Written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith, this is a raucous tale that gives a window to the great British serial comedy. George and Weedon Grossmith were the sons of a court reporter, who was also a part-time stage entertainer. Although George started out as a reporter, both him and Weedon went on to work as entertainers on stage. After they both had successful careers as actors, comics and Weedon even having art exhibited at the Royal Academy, the pair combined their skills to write 'The Diary of a Nobody'.