The Diary of a Nobody - Couverture souple

Grossmith, George; Grossmith, Weedon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099540886 ISBN 13 : 9780099540885

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2010

Synopsis

‘The funniest book in the world’ Evelyn Waugh

Mr Charles Pooter is a respectable man. He has just moved into a very desirable home in Holloway with his dear wife Carrie, from where he commutes to his job of valued clerk at a reputable bank in the City. Unfortunately neither his dear friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, nor the butcher, the greengrocer's boy and the Lord Mayor seem to recognise Mr Pooter's innate gentility, and his disappointing son Lupin has gone and got himself involved with a most unsuitable fiancee...

George and Weedon Grossmith's comic novel, perfectly illustrated by Weedon, is a glorious, affectionate caricature of the English middle-class at the end of nineteenth century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

George and Weedon Grossmith were born in London in 1847 and 1852 respectively to a theatrical family who were friends with Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. George became a popular composer and performer of comic songs as well as a successful actor. Weedon trained as a painter at the Slade and the Royal Academy, but soon turned to acting like his brother.
The Diary of a Nobody began life as a series of columns the brothers wrote together for Punch which they later expanded into a novel. It was published in 1892, with Weedon's illustrations, to instant acclaim and has remained in print ever since. George died in 1912, followed by his brother in 1919.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099540886
• ISBN 13: 9780099540885
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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