About the Book: The Diary of A Nobody
'Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I
have never even heard of, and I fail to see—because I do not happen to be a
"Somebody"—why my diary should not be interesting.
The spoof diary of a lower-middle-class London clerk, The Diary of a Nobody was
first serialized in the legendary magazine of humour and satire, Punch, in
1888-89. It was published as a book in 1892, and has never been out of print
since. This comic masterpiece—which details the doings of the ridiculously
pompous and accident-prone Charles Pooter, his