The Diary of a Nobody. The Diary of a Nobody is an English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by the latter. It originated as an intermittent serial in Punch magazine in 1. The Diary records the daily events in the lives of a London clerk, Charles Pooter, his wife Carrie, his son Lupin, and numerous friends and acquaintances over a period of 1.

Before their collaboration on the Diary, the brothers each pursued successful careers on the stage. George originated nine of the principal comedian roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas over 1. The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 14.

He also established a national reputation as a piano sketch entertainer and wrote a large number of songs and comic pieces. Before embarking on his stage career, Weedon had worked as an artist and illustrator. The Diary was the brothers' only mature collaboration. Most of its humour derives from Charles Pooter's unconscious and unwarranted sense of his own importance, and the frequency with which this delusion is punctured by gaffes and minor social humiliations.

In an era of rising expectations within the lower- middle classes, the daily routines and modest ambitions described in the Diary were instantly recognised by its contemporary readers, and provided later generations with a glimpse of the past that it became fashionable to imitate. Although its initial public reception was muted, the Diary came to be recognised by critics as a classic work of humour, and it has never been out of print. It helped to establish a genre of humorous popular fiction based on lower or lower- middle class aspirations, and was the forerunner of numerous fictitious diary novels in the later 2. The Diary has been the subject of several stage and screen adaptations, including Ken Russell's "silent film" treatment of 1. TV film scripted by Andrew Davies in 2.

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Authorship and origin[edit]The Diary of a Nobody was the work of George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith, the sons of a court reporter and part- time stage entertainer, also named George. Watch J`Irai Comme Un Cheval Fou Streaming. The younger George followed his father, first as a reporter and later on the stage; the 7- years- younger Weedon studied at the West London School of Art and had some success as a portrait painter before becoming a comic actor.[1] The brothers were fascinated with the stage at an early age.

In 1. 86. 4, at 1. Haverstock Hill. This included a 2. Hamlet, in which George played the title role; Weedon was Ophelia.[2]By 1. George Grossmith had established himself as a comic piano sketch entertainer in provincial institutes and literary societies. In that year he was seen by Arthur Sullivan and, separately, by W. S. Gilbert, in performances of their one- act comic opera Trial by Jury.

Impressed, they engaged him to play the comic lead in their new, full- length work, The Sorcerer.[3] Thereafter, Grossmith created the leading comic role in each of Gilbert and Sullivan's long- running comic operas until The Yeomen of the Guard, which closed in 1. While appearing in the operas, Grossmith continued his piano entertainment career at private parties and matinees, writing and composing his own material. He became the most successful comic entertainer of his day,[4] writing numerous operettas, around 1. For Punch magazine in 1. Bow Street Magistrates' Court.[4] In 1. Grossmith ended his connection with Gilbert and Sullivan to pursue his piano sketch career full- time and continued to perform until 1.

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He died in 1. 91. As an artist Weedon Grossmith exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Grosvenor Gallery. He also contributed illustrations to Punch and the prestigious Art Journal.[1] He was nevertheless dissatisfied with his financial prospects as an artist, and by 1.

He continued his career on the stage with considerable success until 1. He wrote several plays, of which The Night of the Party (1. West End theatres. He died in 1. 91. The literary scholar Peter Morton, who published an annotated edition of the Diary in 2.

Weedon, "something of a scapegrace compared with his perfectionist brother", was the model for Lupin.[8]Synopsis[edit]. The Laurels", "a nice six- roomed residence, not counting basement"The diary begins on 3 April of an unstated year, and runs for approximately 1. In a short prologue, readers are informed that Charles Pooter and his wife Caroline (Carrie) have just moved to a new home at "The Laurels", Brickfield Terrace, Holloway. Mr Pooter is a City of London clerk with Perkupps, possibly an accountancy or private banking firm (though their business is not explicitly stated).

The couple's 2. 0- year- old son William works as a bank clerk in Oldham. The first entries describe the Pooters' daily lives and introduce their particular friends, such as their neighbour Gowing, the enthusiastic bicyclist Cummings, and the Jameses from Sutton. From the beginning a pattern is set whereby the small vexations of the Pooters' daily lives are recounted, many of them arising from Pooter's unconscious self- importance and pomposity.

Trouble with servants, tradesmen, and office juniors occur regularly, along with minor social embarrassments and humiliations. The rare formal social events in the Pooters' lives are particular magnets for misfortune. They receive an invitation from the Lord Mayor of London to attend a ball at the Mansion House for "Representatives of Trade and Commerce". After days of keen anticipation they are dismayed, when they arrive, to find that the gathering is undistinguished. Pooter is snobbishly upset to be greeted familiarly by his local ironmonger, even more so when this tradesman appears to be on social terms with some of the more important guests. Pooter overindulges in champagne and humiliates Carrie by collapsing on the dance floor.

In the summer their son arrives from Oldham and informs his parents that he wishes henceforth to be called by his middle name, "Lupin." He has been dismissed from his bank post for idleness; although dismayed, Pooter sees this as a chance to get his son into Perkupps. Lupin joins the couple for their annual holiday week in Broadstairs, but relationships are strained by Lupin's "fast" habits. On their return, Pooter's efforts to find Lupin a job at first prove fruitless. The boy is interested in amateur dramatics and joins an organisation called the "Holloway Comedians". With the help of Pooter's employer Mr. Perkupp, Lupin finally secures a clerical position with a firm of stockbrokers in November. He then shocks his parents by announcing his engagement.

Lupin's fiancée, Daisy Mutlar, is the sister of one of his theatrical friends and is, he says, "the nicest, prettiest, and most accomplished girl he ever met". Pooter is disappointed when he meets her: "She is a big young woman..

Lupin. I did not even think her good- looking". Nevertheless, in her honour the Pooters give a large dinner- party, to which Pooter invites Mr Perkupp. The party becomes boisterous; Mr Perkupp arrives at a particularly raucous moment, and decides not to stay.

Pooter believes the party has failed, and is despondent, although Carrie deems it a great success. However, within a few days, Lupin informs them that the engagement is off. In the following weeks Lupin often brings the Holloway troupe back to "The Laurels". These occasions are graced with the unexplained presence of a complete stranger, Mr Padge, who regularly occupies the best chair as if of right. Lupin opts out of the family's Christmas celebrations, and then announces, to everyone's astonishment, that the engagement to Daisy is back on. Christmas passes happily enough, despite a supper party which degenerates into a food fight instigated by Daisy.

In the New Year, Pooter is promoted to senior clerk at Perkupp's, and his salary raised by £1. Lupin's announcement that he has just profited by £2. Lupin persuades his father, and Gowing and Cummings, to invest small sums in Parachikka Chlorates, the source of his gains.