Diary of a Nobody, an English comic novel written by George Grossmith and illustrated by his brother Weedon, first appeared in the magazine Punch in 1888–89, and was printed in book form in 1892.

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Fuck you, man. Fuck you.

― Clothing the Gotterdammerung Doors (noodle vague), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 03:02 (eighteen years ago)

I sense disconnect. (I actually like Grossmith a lot based on what little I know of him.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 03:08 (eighteen years ago)

For those who want to read it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 03:09 (eighteen years ago)

I say this is one of my favorite books. WHO WILL DISPUTE ME???

(plus i already got yelled at on ilb for this, so let's be clear: weedon wrote it too.)

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 04:41 (eighteen years ago)

Love it. Grossmith (George) is interestingly portrayed in Topsy Turvey.

To the original poster: You've expressed yourself wonderfully well and are quite a philosopher.

― everything (everything), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 06:36 (eighteen years ago)

Ooh golly, we were read this in class when I was 11 or 12! I recall it being pretty amusing, with the narrator's 'jokes' (and subsequent self-regard) possessing a particularly (as I now realise) Gervais-like quality. Yeah, Ricky, your entire act's approximately 100 years out of date.

Of course, the finest ~~Victorian~~ comic novel ever written is Three Men In A Boat, which for me is the absolute pinnacle of written humour. Every single word of it, every single microcosm of its world is completely, utterly, hilariously true.

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 06:47 (eighteen years ago)

looks like Grossman's got his Weedon

― latebloomer da nutty tarkovsky (latebloomer), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 07:18 (eighteen years ago)

pooter is the original bloggah. avatar of numerous self-important dissensus types.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 09:04 (eighteen years ago)

10 January 1892:

I went downtown to Uptown Records innit. Flabbergasted by the fact that they only had one copy of the limited-edition-of-one new Ghostbox memory stick. Wicked duck beats reminiscent of the fifth side of Gentle Giant's underrated seventh album Gryphon Giblets!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 09:24 (eighteen years ago)

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