A couple of months ago I made a huge spreadsheet of books on lists (like 1001 books you must read before you die, NPR Top 100 SFF), in publisher series (like SF Masterworks) and nominees or winners of awards (like the Booker or the Hugo). This list of over 5000 books hopefully helps me choose books ...
I picked up this book thinking it would be short and funny. But beyond the bathtub incident, I didn't really find myself chuckling much at all. It was kind of off-putting that the writer of the diary kept recounting his jokes and witty comments and then telling the reader of the diary that these jok...
This brief novel from 1892 is written in the form of diary entries by a clerk in some sort of financial firm who believes his diary will be studied some day in the manner of Samuel Pepys. The joke is that nothing of any particular interest every happens to the character. To give you an idea of the...
A pleasantly amusing read. Although, if I ever feel the urge to read about awkward misunderstandings, clumsy accidents, embarrassing situations and the not-remarkably-funny jokes, of an unconsciously snobbish, inarticulate, fairly ridiculous, self important nobody in a middle class household I can a...
Originally published as installments in Punch in 1880's. Loved the 'painting the bath' sequence
IntroductionA Note on the TextFurther Reading--The Diary of a NobodyNotes
IntroductionA Note on the TextFurther Reading--The Diary of a NobodyNotes
A 1001 Books You Must ReadMr. Pooter keeps a diary in which he recalls all the events of his days. He seeks to attain social status, but, time and again, finds humiliation instead. The copyright date on this book is 1892, but the story feels as fresh as yesterday. Funny. A little sad. And, most of a...
I have shelved this book as "humour" in deference to what it says on the back-cover blurb, but, despite being patriotically partial to the English style of gentle, parochial fun-poking, this just didn't quite hit the spot.It's certainly interesting enough to finish and has some amusing moments to en...
Overrated "diary" of a middle-aged middle-class angst-ridden Edwardian middle-manager, dealing with inconsequential daily irritations in a dry (but not especially funny) way. He also likes the odd, very bad, self-conscious pun - unfortunately I don’t.
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