“What’s the good of a home, if you are never in it?”
- Source
- The Diary of a Nobody
- Date
- 1892
- Attribution
- Source identified
- Voice / speaker
- Fictional narrator · Charles Pooter
What does this quote mean?
Pooter turns his preference for staying home into a miniature philosophy, funny because the diary repeatedly treats ordinary domestic habits as matters of high principle.
Where does it come from?
The Diary of a Nobody, Chapter I; Charles Pooter explains why he prefers evenings at home with Carrie.
Who voices the line?
Fictional narrator · Charles Pooter. Pooter writes this as part of his diary narration.
The source author and the local speaker can be different, especially in fiction, drama, dialogue and poetry.
How should this attribution be read?
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