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New Grub Street

By George Gissing

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| eBook | 9780141921990

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Book Description

In New Grub Street George Gissing re-created a microcosm of London's literary society as he had experienced it. His novel is at once a major social document and a story that draws us irresistibly into the twilit world of Edwin Reardon, a struggling novelist, and his friends and acquaintances in GrubContinue

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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 about the Paperback edition | 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!
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GraJon said on Aug 7, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback