The Diary of a Nobody (Wordsworth Classics)

With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury

The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author, George Grossmith, seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece. For more than a century, this wonderfully comic portrayal of suburban life and values has remained in print, delighting generations of readers and serving as a major literary influence. It has been much imitated but never equalled.

Why Read The Diary of a Nobody?

• If you don’t recognise yourself at some point in The Diary, you are probably less than human.
• If you can read it without laughing aloud, you have no sense of humour.