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The Diary of a Nobody

A City clerk moves into a house called The Laurels and begins the diary he is sure posterity will be glad of. Nothing happens in it: paint gets on things, tradesmen are insolent, and his grown son comes home from the bank with modern opinions and no job. The Grossmiths wrote the ancestor of every comic fictional diary since. You keep it as Mr Pooter, Carrie reads over your shoulder, and each day's entry is yours to commit.

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Chapters

1. The Laurels at Brickfield TerraceThe Laurels
2. The Second Butcher's CardThe Laurels
3. The Scraper and the BellsThe Laurels
4. Mustard, Cress, and Red PaintThe Laurels Garden
5. Three Friends in the GardenHampstead Road
6. Merton in the ParlourThe Laurels
7. Meat Tea with the JamesesThe Laurels
8. The Tank TheatreTank Theatre
9. After Brown BushesThe Laurels
10. A Crest at BreakfastThe Laurels
11. The Stained InvitationThe Laurels
12. Beneath the Mansion House LampsMansion House
13. The Reception ContinuesMansion House
14. The Bi-Weekly at BreakfastThe Laurels
15. Shirts and ConsequencesThe Laurels
16. Franching at the Front DoorThe Laurels
17. Leave Before AutumnThe Laurels
18. The Broadstairs PackingThe Laurels
19. The First Post in AugustThe Laurels
20. Monday at the LaurelsThe Laurels
21. Near the Broadstairs StationBroadstairs Lodgings
22. The Straw Helmet on ParadeBroadstairs Parade
23. A Margate EveningCummings's Margate Rooms
24. Home from BroadstairsThe Laurels
25. Sunday before ChurchThe Laurels
26. A New Smocked DressThe Laurels
27. Soot on the Front StepsThe Laurels
28. Two Pieces of NewsThe Laurels
29. Daisy at Sunday DinnerThe Laurels
30. At Black's StationersThe Laurels
31. The Holloway ComediansThe Laurels
32. Daisy on the Church RoadHolloway Church Road
33. Cakes, Tongue, and Swallow-TailsThe Laurels
34. The First Important PartyThe Laurels
35. Some Day at the PianoThe Laurels
36. After the Last EncoreThe Laurels
37. Night after the PartyThe Laurels
38. The Evening after the PartyThe Laurels
39. Sunday after the PartyThe Laurels
40. The Evening without LupinThe Laurels
41. Visitors on November Twenty-SecondThe Laurels
42. The Make-Up SupperThe Laurels
43. Cummings Calls AgainThe Laurels
44. Burwin-Fosselton's AnswerThe Laurels
45. Sunday on Camden RoadCamden Road
46. The Slow Coach LetterThe Laurels
47. Oxford Michaelmas EndsThe Laurels
48. The Price of a DiaryThe Laurels
49. The Annual InvitationThe Laurels
50. Cards at SmirksonsSmirksons
51. Cards by DaylightThe Laurels
52. Clouds over the HearthThe Laurels
53. An Anonymous Christmas CardThe Laurels
54. Ten at the Christmas TableCarrie's Mother's House
55. Boxing Day at the LaurelsThe Laurels
56. A Quiet Game at HomeThe Laurels
57. The Year's Last DinnerThe Laurels
58. The Morning after the SupperThe Laurels
59. Sunday at the MutlarsThe Laurels
60. Lupin at BreakfastThe Laurels
61. The Last Quarter HourThe Laurels
62. A Late ReturnPerkupps Office
63. Waiting at the OfficePerkupps Office
64. The Fifth of JanuaryPerkupps Office
65. A Pony at the LaurelsBrickfield Terrace
66. Crumbs Under the Breakfast TableThe Laurels
67. Brushes and the Chimney GlassThe Laurels
68. An Old Friend ReturnsThe Laurels
69. A Call at Half Past SevenGowing's House
70. Sausages and SilenceThe Laurels
71. Sunday in the TrapLupin's Trap
72. After the Sunday DriveThe Laurels
73. Tuesday's AdmissionThe Laurels
74. The Hair WashThe Laurels
75. The Neighbours at the GlassThe Laurels
76. The Morning PaperThe Laurels
77. A Great Failure in the CityThe Laurels
78. A Letter for LupinThe Laurels
79. An Hour behind the Office DoorPerkupps Office
80. The Stylographic PenThe Laurels
81. The East Acton InvitationThe Laurels
82. Sunday's Cold MuttonThe Laurels Garden
83. East Acton in the RainEast Acton Drill Hall
84. The Volunteer SupperEast Acton Supper Room
85. The East Acton FarewellThe Angel Islington
86. The Zinc CisternThe Laurels Kitchen
87. Bicycle News AgainThe Laurels Parlour
88. Carrie's ManicureThe Laurels Drawing Room
89. The Southend InvitationThe Laurels Bedroom
90. A Familiar Voice in the CityCity Street
91. Watney Lodge PortraitsWatney Lodge
92. Dinner at Watney LodgeWatney Lodge Dining Room
93. After Dinner at Watney LodgeWatney Lodge Drawing Room
94. Gowing and Cummings CallThe Laurels Parlour
95. An Invitation from FranchingThe Laurels
96. The Franching DinnerFranching Dining Room
97. Huttle's ArgumentFranching Dining Room
98. The Dinner Argument ContinuesFranching Dining Room
99. Saturday at the LaurelsThe Laurels
100. Eleven O'Clock at the OfficePerkupps Office
101. Lupin at the Parlour FireThe Laurels Parlour
102. A Morning of CorrespondenceThe Laurels Dining Room
103. Two Letters at the LaurelsThe Laurels Parlour
104. The Modified AccountThe Laurels Parlour
105. Percy at Meat TeaThe Jameses at Sutton
106. The Striking ChronometerThe Jameses at Sutton
107. Mrs James ReturnsThe Laurels
108. One Sane Man in the KitchenThe Laurels
109. The Cornice UpstairsThe Laurels
110. The First Personal SittingThe Laurels Parlour
111. The Laundress CallsThe Laurels
112. The Darkened ParlourThe Laurels Parlour
113. An Unknown SpiritThe Laurels Parlour
114. The Final SittingThe Laurels Parlour
115. Lupin Leaves the LaurelsThe Laurels
116. Cummings Returns in JulyThe Laurels Parlour
117. A Show beneath the WindowThe Laurels
118. A Dinner InvitationThe Laurels Front Garden
119. The Bayswater RoomsLupins Bayswater Rooms
120. The Posh DinnerLupins Bayswater Rooms
121. Business after DinnerLupins Bayswater Rooms
122. The Search through LondonThe Laurels
123. The Victoria HotelVictoria Hotel
124. Before MidnightVictoria Hotel
125. Tomorrow the Die Is CastThe Laurels
126. Mr Perkupp Changes the SubjectPerkupps Office
127. News at the LaurelsThe Laurels
128. The Last PostThe Laurels Supper Table

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