This book presents the details of English suburban life through the anxious and accident-prone character of Charles Pooter. Pooter's diary chronicles his daily routine which includes small parties minor embarrassments home improvements and his relationship with a troublesome son. The small minded but essentially decent suburban world he inhabits is both hilarious and painfully familiar.
The Diary of a Nobody is a comic masterpiece that has been hugely influential since its first publication in 1892.