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Parachikka Chlorates, the source of his gains. The Pooters meet a new friend of Lupin's, Mr Murray Posh, who Pooter thinks is somewhat over-familiar with Daisy and might, he warns Lupin, be a rival for her hand. Lupin pooh-poohs this notion. Later, Pooter learns that he and his friends have lost their investment; indeed, Lupin's stockbroking firm has collapsed entirely and its principal has fled. Lupin is thus unemployed; worse, that same day the engagement of Daisy Mutlar to Murray Posh is announced. Lupin's only consolation, he tells his father, is that he persuaded Posh to invest £600 in Parachikka Chlorates. However, in Pooter's eyes the situation is redeemed when Mr Perkupp offers Lupin a clerkship.
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food and drink which he thinks is free, Pooter is presented at the end with a large bill that he can barely afford to pay. Other social events also turn sour: a lunch party with Mr
Finsworth, the father of an old friend, is marred by some unfortunate comments by Pooter on the Finsworth family portraits. On another occasion they meet a loud and over-opinionated American, Mr Hardfur Huttle, who, Pooter realises, is like a mature version of Lupin.
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383:, 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.
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read other people's reflections on life and religion and politics, but the routine of their day, properly recorded, is always interesting, and will become more so as conditions change with the years". Morton posits that several of the leading characters in Waugh's early novels, though socially far removed from the
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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.
452:. The first of the 26 instalments was announced in the issue of 26 May 1888 with a brief editorial note: "As everybody who is anybody is publishing Reminiscences, Diaries, Notes, Autobiographies, and Recollections, we are sincerely grateful to 'A Nobody' for permitting us to add to the historic collection". The diary entry dates are several weeks behind the dates on which they appear in
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are all examples of characters "whose blinkered view of themselves is forever in sharp contrast to how they are perceived by the world". Charles Pooter, says
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English life in the 1880s. In describing Pooter he revived the Don Quixote analogy but saw this English equivalent as a sentimentalised version of the original, one who "constantly suffers disasters brought upon him by his own folly". In the years after the
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Pooters and their friends celebrating the minor triumph of Lupin's appointment as a clerk at Perkupp's. That was the intended end of the diary; however, when the writers were preparing the manuscript for publication
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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
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April begins with another social disaster. The Pooters receive an invitation to a ball given by the East Acton Rifle Brigade, which they imagine will be a glittering occasion. It turns out to be shabby and down-at-heel; furthermore, having liberally supplied fellow-guests—among them Mr Padge—with
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Lupin is sacked from Perkupp's for persuading their top client, Mr Crowbillon, to take his business to another firm. Pooter is mortified, but the new firm rewards Lupin with a £25 commission and a job at £200 a year. Lupin resumes his friendship with Murray Posh and Daisy, who is now Mrs Posh.
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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 20th century. The
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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 by right. Lupin opts out of the family's Christmas celebrations, and then
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nearly 30 years previously. It praises the understated but lovable self-portrait of Pooter, and adds that "It is not till the second or third reading—and you are bound to reread it—that the really consummate art of this artless book becomes apparent". The literary critic
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critic wrote of Charles Pooter: "You laugh at him—at his small absurdities, his droll mishaps, his well-meaning fussiness; but he wins upon you and obtains your affection, and even your admiration, he is so transparently honest, so delightfully and ridiculously human".
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Lupin moves to lodgings in Bayswater, where Pooter and Carrie are invited to dine and where they meet Murray's sister, known as "Lillie Girl", a woman of around 30. Pooter learns that Murray Posh has settled £10,000 on both Daisy and "Lillie Girl".
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727:, Priestley asserted, never wrote anything as good: "oor Mr Pooter, with his simplicity, his timidity, his goodness of heart, is not simply a figure of fun but one of those innocent, lovable fools who are dear to the heart". In a 1943 essay,
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in 2009, suggests that many of the events depicted in it were drawn from the brothers' own home experiences, and that Weedon, "something of a scapegrace compared with his perfectionist brother", was the model for Lupin.
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broadcast a radio version of the 1986 Keith Waterhouse adaptation, starring Judi Dench and Michael Williams; this production was later re-broadcast on 24 December 1991 on
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988:and Richard Blake, was presented at London's
3148:British novels adapted into television shows
3069:"The Diary of a Nobody" at Project Gutenberg
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1882:(21 June 1951). "Du Côté de Chez Pooter".
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1902:(5 February 1970). "Pooter's England".
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1400:The Diary of a Nobody, ed. Peter Morton
1310:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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2747:(includes publisher's prefatory note)
2682:. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
2265:Hartley, Anthony (9 September 1954).
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1543:"The 100 greatest novels of all time"
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934:From "Middlesex". John Betjeman, 1954
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925:"Cockney anglers, cockney shooters,
677:as "the funniest book in the world"
273:'s long-running comic operas until
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1719:Prefatory note to 1910 edition of
1706:Prefatory note to 1910 edition of
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1354:. Gilbert and Sullivan Discography
1128:s critic wrote of the latter that
1093:'s short (40-minute) film for the
351:clerk with Perkupp's, possibly an
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2477:Dempster, Sarah (30 April 2007).
2318:Taylor, Paul (27 December 1993).
2154:"How Harold censored diary spoof"
2152:Travis, Alan (17 December 2000).
1350:Shepherd, Marc (2 January 2004).
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424:Publication and reception history
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2676:Flanagan, Kevin M., ed. (2009).
2267:"Theatre: The Diary of a Nobody"
2117:Gleik, Elizabeth (31 May 1988).
2047:Green, Benny (27 January 1979).
1674:. 19 December 1892. p. 3.2.
2872:Orwell, George. ed. Carey, John
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33:Cover of the first book edition
2959:. London: Chapman & Hall.
2815:. London: Sinclair-Stevenson.
2643:. London: Constable & Co.
2345:Gardner, Lyn (15 March 2011).
2068:Morton, Peter (October 2005).
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1078:and later transferred to the
379:their annual holiday week in
287:Bow Street Magistrates' Court
2835:At the Sign of the Blue Moon
2737:. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith.
2445:Flanagan (ed.), pp. 7 and 19
2347:"Diary of a Nobody – review"
2293:"Obituary: Keith Waterhouse"
2202:Wilde, Jon (23 April 2007).
1334:UK public library membership
1070:In 2014 a production of the
1053:Royal & Derngate Theatre
927:Murray Poshes, Lupin Pooters
228:. This included a 20-minute
7:
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2916:. London: Longmans, Green.
2456:"Basil Boothroyd 1910–1988"
2401:. WhatsOnStage. 7 July 2014
2142:Gilbert and Preston, p. 199
1888:. No. 45. p. 995.
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618:Chief Secretary for Ireland
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1989:"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
1256:Grossmith, George (2007).
1055:, Northampton. Adapted by
992:with a cast that included
833:in which the protagonist,
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2813:Evelyn Waugh: A biography
2811:Hastings, Selina (1994).
2023:"The Simon Crisp Diaries"
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221:West London School of Art
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370:to attend a ball at the
3031:. London: Arrow Books.
2856:. London: Orion Books.
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2663:. London: John Murray.
2629:(subscription required)
2421:"The Diary of a Nobody"
2097:(subscription required)
1745:: 50–52. December 1910.
1495:"The Diary of a Nobody"
1464:"The Diary of a Nobody"
1388:(subscription required)
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843:The Diary of a Somebody
276:The Yeomen of the Guard
3113:J. W. Arrowsmith books
3027:Wilson, A. N. (2003).
2955:Waugh, Evelyn (1945).
2837:. London: A. Melrose.
2704:. Oxford: Blackwells.
1607:"Our Booking-Office".
1596:: 223. 13 August 1892.
1352:"The Grossmith Legacy"
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3059:The Diary of a Nobody
3012:. London: BBC Books.
2936:. Harmondsworth, UK:
2850:Miller, John (2002).
2753:The Diary of a Nobody
2735:The Diary of a Nobody
2237:Hammerton, pp. 320–21
1721:The Diary of a Nobody
1708:The Diary of a Nobody
1686:The Diary of a Nobody
1657:: 178. 6 August 1892.
1628:The Diary of a Nobody
1517:The diary of a nobody
1440:The Diary of a Nobody
1301:Joseph, Tony (2004).
1244:The Diary of a Nobody
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881:Bridget Jones's Diary
860:'s teenage creation,
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3118:Collaborative novels
2957:Brideshead Revisited
2831:Lewis, D. B. Wyndham
2255:Betjeman, pp. 204–05
2180:Betjeman, pp, 204–05
2086:on 21 September 2013
2082:(10). Archived from
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1638:: 116. 23 June 1892.
1578:: 7–8. 29 July 1892.
1377:. Grove Music Online
1264:on 10 September 2012
1170:Notes and references
701:Brideshead Revisited
592:s greatest admirers.
368:Lord Mayor of London
304:and the prestigious
271:Gilbert and Sullivan
253:and, separately, by
151:Gilbert and Sullivan
73:J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd
3093:1892 British novels
3076:Mr. and Mrs. Nobody
2976:. London: Methuen.
2509:The Daily Telegraph
2297:The Daily Telegraph
2027:The Book Depository
1916:Wilson 2003, p. 545
1823:Hastings, pp. 12–13
1615:: 34. 23 July 1892.
1541:(12 October 2003).
1505:: 229. 11 May 1889.
1474:: 241. 26 May 1888.
1375:"Grossmith, George"
1304:"Grossmith, George"
1282:Bailey, pp. 116–117
1156:Katherine Parkinson
1117:and first shown on
1080:King's Head Theatre
1027:in a production by
1000:as the Pooters and
839:Christopher Matthew
656:D. B. Wyndham Lewis
539:The Saturday Review
466:J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd
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3010:Eminent Victorians
2123:The New York Times
2107:Miller, pp. 212–13
1851:Waugh 1945, p. 149
1834:Essays and Reviews
1671:The New York Times
1572:The Literary World
1402:. Worldcat. 2009.
1144:Stephen Tompkinson
1076:White Bear Theatre
1047:In March 2011 the
1037:Patricia Routledge
948:Captain Mainwaring
887:The New York Times
872:Mrs Pooter's Diary
827:'s novel of 1925:
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567:The New York Times
508:The Literary World
491:Early indifference
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3038:978-0-09-945186-0
2983:978-0-413-50370-1
2934:A Little Learning
2885:978-0-375-41503-6
2762:978-0-85067-015-8
2689:978-0-8108-6954-7
2427:. 13 October 2017
2228:Hammerton, p. 296
2189:Hammerton, p. 295
1993:The Modernism Lab
1977:Hammerton, p. 292
1925:Wilson 1989, p. 8
1880:Lancaster, Osbert
1860:Priestley, p. 116
1812:A Little Learning
1785:Queen's Quarterly
1484:Hammerton, p. 291
1332:(Subscription or
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1025:Greenwich Theatre
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