- A daily record, especially a personal record of events, experiences, and observations; a journal.
- A book for use in keeping a personal record, as of experiences.
[Latin diārium, daily allowance, daily journal, from diēs, day.]
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[Latin diārium, daily allowance, daily journal, from diēs, day.]
Daily written record of occurrences, experiences, observations, or thoughts. For example, a taxpayer should keep a diary of the miles driven for business purposes.
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A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.
Hearst kept a diary wherein were writ
All that he had of wisdom and of wit.
So the Recording Angel, when Hearst died,
Erased all entries of his own and cried:
"I'll judge you by your diary." Said Hearst:
"Thank you; 'twill show you I am Saint the First" --
Straightway producing, jubilant and proud,
That record from a pocket in his shroud.
The Angel slowly turned the pages o'er,
Each stupid line of which he knew before,
Glooming and gleaming as by turns he hit
On Shallow sentiment and stolen wit;
Then gravely closed the book and gave it back.
"My friend, you've wandered from your proper track:
You'd never be content this side the tomb --
For big ideas Heaven has little room,
And Hell's no latitude for making mirth,"
He said, and kicked the fellow back to earth.
"The Mad Philosopher"
My daughter keeps a detailed and very private diary.
Tutor's tip: Because she loved the cows, the "dairy" (a business dealing with milk products) worker kept a "diary" (a personal written record) with all their names.
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| Author | Chuck Palahniuk |
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| Cover artist | Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral Hand lettering by Leanne Shapton |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror, Satirical novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | August 26, 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback, audio cassette, audio CD, and audio download |
| Pages | 261 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-385-50947-2 (first edition, hardcover) |
Diary: A Novel is a 2003 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The book is written like a diary, its writer/narrator/main character being Misty Wilmot, a once-promising young artist currently working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt. According to the description on the back of Diary: A Novel, Misty "soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives."
Diary loosely falls into the modern horror genre, putting aside violence and shock tactics in favour of psychological scares and dark humor.
The audio version of Diary is narrated by actress Martha Plimpton.
Diary takes the form of a "coma diary" kept by a Misty Marie Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in a hospital after a suicide attempt. Once she was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after marrying Peter at school and being brought back to once quaint, now tourist-overrun Waytansea Island, she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid. Peter, it turns out, has been hiding rooms in houses he's remodeled and scrawling vile messages all over the walls - an old habit of builders but dramatically overdone in Peter's case. Angry homeowners are suing left and right, and Misty's dreams of artistic greatness are in ruins. But then, as if possessed by the spirit of Maura Kincaid, a fabled Waytansea artist of the nineteenth century, Misty begins painting again, compulsively.
Misty discovers the islanders, including her father-in-law (previously thought to be dead), are involved in a conspiracy which repeats every 4 generations. A young artist (in this case Misty) is lured to the island by old jewelry, becomes pregnant and has children. During middle age, her husband dies and all her children die resulting in a wave of creativity, the product of which is mesmerizing to the audience. The islanders then create an exhibition of the art work at the local hotel where a fire is started by Misty's daughter, who is revealed to be alive, and all the hotel's occupants are burned to death due to their mesmerization. The result is a huge insurance claim which leaves the remaining island citizens wealthy enough to support their luxuriant lifestyles for the next 4 generations at which point a new young artist will be found to repeat the cycle. Peter, Misty's husband, was attempting to warn her of this plot using his hidden writing and it is revealed his suicide attempt was in fact a murder attempt.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dagbog, journal, kalender
Nederlands (Dutch)
agenda, dagboek
Français (French)
n. - agenda, journal intime, cahier d'exercices, cahier de textes
Deutsch (German)
n. - Tagebuch, Kalender
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (προσωπικό) ημερολόγιο
v. - καταγράφω στο ημερολόγιό μου
Italiano (Italian)
diario, agenda
Português (Portuguese)
n. - diário (m), agenda (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - diario (de experiencias personales), agenda
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dagbok
v. - dagbokföra
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
日记
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 日記
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 日記, 日誌, 日記帳
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) المذكرات أو الملاحظات اليوميه, المفكرة, دفتر لتدوين المذكرات أو الملاحظات اليوميه (فعل) يدون مذكراته أو ملاحظاته اليوميه
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