'The funniest book in the world' Evelyn Waugh Mr Charles Pooter is a respectable man. He has just moved into a very desirable home in Holloway with his dear wife Carrie, from where he commutes to his job of valued clerk at a reputable bank in the City. Unfortunately neither his dear friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, nor the butcher, the greengrocer's boy and the Lord Mayor seem to recognise Mr Pooter's innate gentility, and his disappointing son Lupin has gone and got himself involved with a most unsuitable fiancee... George and Weedon Grossmith's comic novel, perfectly illustrated by Weedon, is a glorious, affectionate caricature of the English middle-class at the end of nineteenth century.
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Walter Weedon Grossmith was an English writer, painter, actor, and playwright, best known as the co-author of "The Diary of a Nobody", which he also illustrated with great acclaim. He turned to acting primarily for financial reasons, specializing in comedic roles where his portrayal of harassed and scheming characters became so distinctive that the "Weedon Grossmith part" became a theatrical staple of his era. His artistic sensibilities, honed through painting, lent a unique visual flair to his literary and dramatic contributions.
