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New Grub Street

(Oxford World's Classics)

By George Gissing

(12)

| Paperback | 9780192836588

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Book Description

New Grub Street (1891), George Gissing's most highly regarded novel, is the story of men and women forced to make their living by writing. Their daily lives and broken dreams, made and marred by the rigors of urban life and the demands of the fledgling mass communications industry, are
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A grubby business

In Victorian London, literary society is full of pitfalls for struggling young writers. The story follows the fortunes of two impoverished aspiring scribblers: Edwin Reardon, idealistic, hardworking, but a victim of writers' block; and Jasper Milvain ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

this book is morbid and depressing but also powerful, emotional, and very true to life, without the softening of fairy tale ending.
i highly recommend this novel to those who love the masterpieces of victorian era .

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Middlemarch said on Sep 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

I love Gissing - and in this book he is at his very best. The story itself is first-class, but the detail about life in Victorian England is really top of the range. Brilliant!
Read earlier edition.

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