Diary of a Nobody - Couverture souple

Grossmith, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 149538506X ISBN 13 : 9781495385063

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

First appearing as a serial in Punch magazine and published in book form in 1892, Diary of a Nobody has delighted readers for more than a century. Written by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith, this enduring comic masterpiece introduces the unforgettable Charles Pooter—an earnest, self-important office clerk whose attempts to navigate respectability in suburban Victorian England make for brilliantly understated humor.

Through Pooter’s dry, meticulously kept diary, the Grossmiths deliver a sharp and affectionate satire of middle-class pretensions, social climbing, and the everyday absurdities of late-19th-century life. Whether he is fretting over household mishaps, trying to impress his superiors, or contending with the antics of his unconventional son Lupin, Pooter’s world is both delightfully ordinary and endlessly amusing.

A gentle lampoon of the period’s cultural fads—including Aestheticism, spiritualism, and the newfound craze for bicycling—this comic classic also mocks the popular trend of publishing personal diaries, highlighting how even the most mundane life can become a source of unexpected entertainment.

Witty, insightful, and timelessly funny, Diary of a Nobody remains one of English literature’s greatest comic novels—an essential read for fans of satire, Victorian culture, and character-driven humor.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

George Grossmith (1847 –1912) was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades. As a writer and composer, he created 18 comic operas, nearly 100 musical sketches, some 600 songs and piano pieces, three books and both serious and comic pieces for newspapers and magazines. Grossmith is best remembered for two aspects of his career. First, he created a series of nine memorable characters in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan from 1877 to 1889, including Sir Joseph Porter, in H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), the Major-General in The Pirates of Penzance and Ko-Ko in The Mikado. Second, he wrote, in collaboration with his brother Weedon, the 1892 comic novel Diary of a Nobody. Grossmith was also famous in his day for performing his own comic piano sketches and songs, both before and after his Gilbert and Sullivan days, becoming the most popular British solo performer of the 1890s. Some of his comic songs endure today, including "See Me Dance the Polka". He continued to perform into the first decade of the 20th century. His son, George Grossmith, Jr., became a famous actor, playwright and producer of Edwardian musical comedies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 149538506X
• ISBN 13: 9781495385063
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 102
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