The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith

This edition of The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition

Fond of his own jokes
can't be trusted with champagne
cheap, but still a snob.

If life is a collection of experiences, good and ill, through this lens my life is demonstrably worse off by this experience

It was mildly amusing sometimes, but I just want looking forward to getting back to it at all. I think it was probably better in its original serial form in the newspaper.

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Mr. Pooter keeps a diary in which he recalls all the events of his days. He seeks to attain social status, but, time and again, finds humiliation instead.

The copyright date on this book is 1892, but the story feels as fresh as yesterday. Funny. A little sad. And, most of all, insightful.