Bøker av George Gissing

In the 18th century, London's Grub Street was the center of the hack writing universe, a place where the desperate went once their dreams of literary achievement had finally faded. A century later, Grub Street is no more, but the daily grind remains. Amid such circumstances, two men form an unlikely alliance. New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing.

The unmarried Madden sisters move together to London, where they rekindle their relationship with childhood friend Rhoda, an intellectual and educator. Monica Madden, young and beautiful, is bullied into marrying Edmund Widdowson, while Rhoda struggles to uphold her feminist principles against her attraction to Everard Barfoot. The Odd Women is a novel by George Gissing.

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The Unclassed (1884) is a novel by George Gissing. Inspired by his own struggles as a working writer forced to take up odd jobs while failing to gain traction with critics and readers, Gissing crafts a tale of talent, ambition, and romance fallen victim to the vicissitudes of class. The Unclassed poses important questions about convention in Victorian England while proving surprisingly relevant for our own times. Struggling to make it as a lower-class Londoner, Osmond Waymark finds himself unable to give up his literary ambitions. Desperate and lonely, he strikes up a friendship with Julian Casti, a similarly down-and-out young writer who suffers from both poverty and xenophobia as the son of Italian immigrants. When Julian agrees to an ill-advised marriage to Harriet Smales, a rude young woman, he inadvertently exposes Osmond to her manipulative and vindictive ways. As Osmond falls for Ida Starr, a prostitute's daughter driven to rise above her circumstances, he unwittingly angers Harriet, whose friend Maud is secretly in love with him. In a shocking turn of events, Harriet conspires to get Ida arrested for theft, then maneuvers to get Osmond into the arms of Maud. The two become engaged, leaving Ida-the novel's heroine-to rely on her wits and survival instinct to not only prove her innocence, but win back the man she loves. In The Unclassed, Gissing explores the limits of social mobility, the struggles faced by young writers, and the power of jealousy to poison both promise and hope. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of George Gissing's The Unclassed is a classic work of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

Raised alongside her brother by a single father, Nancy Lord is an ambitious and intelligent young woman who envisions for herself a life of promise and opportunity. When an ill-advised marriage leaves her to raise a child on her own, she must do whatever she can to survive. In the Year of Jubilee is a novel by George Gissing.

In the 18th century, London¿s Grub Street was the center of the hack writing universe, a place where the desperate went once their dreams of literary achievement had finally faded. A century later, Grub Street is no more, but the daily grind remains. Amid such circumstances, two men form an unlikely alliance. New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing.

Henry Ryecroft is a writer whose lack of success and impoverished life have contributed to a state of depression. When an unexpected inheritance leaves him financially secure, he endeavors to record his experiences in a detailed diary, revealing himself for the first time in his life. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft is a book by George Gissing.