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The Diary of a Nobody (Large Print Edition) - Couverture souple

Grossmith, George; Grossmith, Weedon

 
9781604508666: The Diary of a Nobody (Large Print Edition)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1604508663 ISBN 13 : 9781604508666
Editeur : Serenity Publishers, LLC, 2011

Synopsis

Special Large Print edition, with easy to read text, of George and Weedon Grossmith's classic work.

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Quatrième de couverture

'Pooter fits into a tradition of absurd humour that the British do so well, from Jonathan Swift through to Edward Lear and Monty Python' Time Out

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 friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, nor the butcher or the greengrocer's boy 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.

See also: Three Men in a Boat

Revue de presse

"There's a universality about Pooter that touches everybody...fits into the tradition of absurd humour that the British do well, which started with Jonathan Swift and runs through Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear to Monty Python" (Jasper Fforde Time Out)

"The funniest book in the world" (Evelyn Waugh)

"Pooter himself is as gentle as you could wish, a wonderful character, genuinely lovable. The book is beautifully constructed" (Andrew Davies Glasgow Herald)

"One of those rare books that nails a cultural archetype and has won the affection of successive generations" (The Times)

"The funniest book about a certain type of Englishness...there is a whole line of these comic characters like Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, or Basil Fawlty" (Hugh Bonneville The Times)

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Éditeur
Serenity Publishers, LLC
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1604508663
ISBN 13 
9781604508666
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
168
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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