New Grub Street
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor wear and age-related discolouration. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of Victorian realism, New Grub Street is a sharp and unflinching portrait of the literary marketplace in late nineteenth-century London. George Gissing chronicles the bitter struggles of writers and journalists caught between artistic integrity and commercial survival, centering on the contrasting fates of the idealistic Edwin Reardon and the ruthlessly pragmatic Jasper Milvain. With penetrating psychological insight, Gissing illustrates how the demands of a mass-market publishing industry crush genuine talent while rewarding mediocrity and cynicism. The novel's tone is at once compassionate and mercilessly satirical, presenting a world where poverty, ambition, and the commodification of literature collide with devastating effect. Published as part of The World's Classics series with an introduction by G. W. Stonier, this edition presents one of English literature's most searingly honest critiques of the writing life.
Author: George Gissing
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Oxford University Press
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor wear and age-related discolouration. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of Victorian realism, New Grub Street is a sharp and unflinching portrait of the literary marketplace in late nineteenth-century London. George Gissing chronicles the bitter struggles of writers and journalists caught between artistic integrity and commercial survival, centering on the contrasting fates of the idealistic Edwin Reardon and the ruthlessly pragmatic Jasper Milvain. With penetrating psychological insight, Gissing illustrates how the demands of a mass-market publishing industry crush genuine talent while rewarding mediocrity and cynicism. The novel's tone is at once compassionate and mercilessly satirical, presenting a world where poverty, ambition, and the commodification of literature collide with devastating effect. Published as part of The World's Classics series with an introduction by G. W. Stonier, this edition presents one of English literature's most searingly honest critiques of the writing life.