With an Introduction & Notes by Michael Irwin Professor of English Literature University of Kent at Canterbury The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author George Grossmith seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece For more than a century this wonderfully comic portrayal of suburban life & values has remained in print a source of delight to generations of readers & a major literary influence much imitated but never equalled If you don't recognise yourself at some point in The Diary you are probably less than human If you can read it without laughing aloud you have no sense of humour ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Hugh Bonneville stars in this classic BBC 4-part adaptation of one of Britain s best-loved comic novels adapted by Andrew Davies The hapless Victorian diarist Charles Pooter records the minutiae of life in the suburbs with a dry wit sarcasm & mostly misunderstood humour as he battles with impertinent tradesmen exasperating friends & his wayward son Lupin s various misdemeanours ...

' January 22nd
- Robert startles me at breakfast by asking if my cold
- which he has hitherto ignored
- is better I reply


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One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl Anne Frank Today The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive edition released to mark the 70th anniversary of the day the diary begins '12 June 1942 I hope I will be able to confide everything to you as I have never been able to confide in anyone & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support' The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most celebrated & enduring books of the last century Tens of millions have read it since it was first published in 1947 & it remains a deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit This definitive edition restores thirty per cent if the original manuscript which was deleted from the original edition It reveals Anne as a teenage girl who fretted about & tried to cope with her own emerging sexuality & who also veered between being a carefree child & an aware adult Anne Frank & her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family & a German dentist Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe Anne kept a diary She movingly revealed how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with hunger the daily threat of discovery & death & being cut off from the outside world as well as petty misunderstandings & the unbearable strain of living like prisoners The Diary of a Young Girl is a timeless true story to be rediscovered by each new generation For young readers & adults it continues to bring to life Anne's extraordinary courage & struggle throughout her ordeal This is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank was born on the 12 June 1929 She died while imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen three months short of her sixteenth birthday This seventieth anniversary definitive edition of The Diary of a Young Girl is poignant heartbreaking & a book that everyone should read ...

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is an inspiring & tragic account of an ordinary life lived in extraordinary circumstances that has enthralled readers for generations This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited by Otto H Frank & Mirjam Pressler translated by Susan Massotty &

Includes:: an introduction by Elie Wiesel author of Night' June 1942 I hope I will be able to confide everything to you as I have never been able to confide in anyone & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support' In Amsterdam in the summer of 1942 the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank & her family into hiding For over two years they another family & a German dentist lived in a 'secret annexe' fearing discovery All that time Anne kept a diary Since its publication in 1947 Anne Frank's diary has been read by tens of millions of people This Definitive Edition restores substantial material omitted from the original edition giving us a deeper insight into Anne Frank's world Her curiosity about her emerging sexuality the conflicts with her mother her passion for Peter a boy whose family hid with hers & her acute portraits of her fellow prisoners reveal Anne as more human more vulnerable & more vital than ever If you enjoyed The Diary of a Young Girl you might also like Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil available in Penguin Classics' One of the greatest books of the twentieth century' Guardian'A modern classic' Julia Neuberger The Times

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The definitive 70th anniversary edition of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank & edited by Otto H Frank & Mirjam Pressler the world's most famous diary & 'one of the greatest books of the century''12th June 1942I hope I will be able to confide everything to you as I have never been able to confide in anyone & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support' In the summer of 1942 fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation Anne Frank & her family were forced into hiding in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts & feelings movingly revealing how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with the daily threat of discovery & death being cut off from the outside world petty misunderstandings & the unbearable strain of living like prisoners An intimate record of tension & struggle adolescence & confinement anger & heartbreak this is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank' One of the greatest books of the century' Guardian'A modern classic' The Times' Rings down the decades as the most moving testament to the persecution of innocence' Daily Mail' Astonishing & excruciating Its gnaws at us still' New York Times Book Review'A monument to the human spirit' Mail on Sunday Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929 She died in Bergen-Belsen three months short of her sixteenth birthday ...

A Hay Festival & The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl Anne Frank Today The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive edition released to mark the 70th anniversary of the day the diary begins &12 June 1942 I hope I will be able to confide everything to you as I have never been able to confide in anyone & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support& The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most celebrated & enduring books of the last century Tens of millions have read it since it was first published in 1947 & it remains a deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit This definitive edition restores thirty per cent if the original manuscript which was deleted from the original edition It reveals Anne as a teenage girl who fretted about & tried to cope with her own emerging sexuality & who also veered between being a carefree child & an aware adult Anne Frank & her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family & a German dentist Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe Anne kept a diary She movingly revealed how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with hunger the daily threat of discovery & death & being cut off from the outside world as well as petty misunderstandings & the unbearable strain of living like prisoners The Diary of a Young Girl is a timeless true story to be rediscovered by each new generation For young readers & adults it continues to bring to life Anne&s extraordinary courage & struggle throughout her ordeal This is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank was born on the 12 June 1929 She died while imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen three months short of her sixteenth birthday This seventieth anniversary definitive edition of The Diary of a Young Girl is poignant heartbreaking & a book that everyone should read ...

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Sensitively edited & with a connecting commentary by editor Mirjam Pressler the abridged edition of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary diary of an ordinary girl who has long become a household name This abridged edition has a short prologue written by the editor Mirjam Pressler as well as a connecting commentary There are beautiful line drawings family photographs & an Afterword to explain why the Diary ends so abruptly This shorter edition is ideal for younger children who want to read Anne&s diary for themselves but are too young to appreciate the teenage issues that Anne faces during her time in hiding ...

This special educational edition of Anne Frank's unique diary describing her family's plight during the Nazi persecution is accompanied by substantial background material & photographs to help students to contextualise this teenager's account ...