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Editions of the diary of a nobody by george grossmith. Diary of a nobody, the unabridged naxos audiobooks. Charles pooter, a middle aged city clerk of lower middleclass status but significant social aspirations, living in the fictional brickfield terrace in upper holloway which was then a typical suburb of the impecuniously respectable kind. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The project gutenberg ebook, the diary of a nobody, by george and weedon grossmith this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Some novelsasbiography, using fictional names, are designed to evoke rather than recreate an. My only regret is that i did not commence it when i was a youth. He has recently moved to a new house with his wife. The diary of a nobody by george grossmith free at loyal books. Diary of a nobody stage version use our play finder to discover new and exciting plays to perform. This was during the 1988 and 1989, after which the book form was published in 1892.
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For how many nibs have been sharpened, fresh pages turned and innermost thoughts committed to. The diary of a nobody is an english comic novel written by the brothers george and weedon grossmith. The hilariously trivial doings of the accidentprone pooter, his wife carrie and their troublesome son lupin have inspired many writers since, including the authors of bridget joness diary and the secret diary of adrian mole. It is of sufficient hardness to resist the coarsest metal of broadbladed humor, and of sufficient fineness of grain to edge the best steel of fancy.
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