The Diary of a Nobody

Based on the English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith in the 1880s The diary records the daily events in the lives of a London clerk Charles Pooter his wife Carrie his son Lupin and numerous friends and acquaintances over a period of 15 months The hapless Victorian diarist records the minutiae of life in the suburbs with a dry wit sarcasm and mostly misunderstood humour as he battles with impertinent tradesmen exasperating friends and his wayward son Lupins various misdemeanours