George Gissing: A Life
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George Gissing is ranked by some critics alongside Thomas Hardy and George Meredith as one of the three best novelists of his era, his books giving a wonderful insight into Victorian life. Gissing's life was as captivating as his fiction; encompassing early bereavement, poverty, a month's hard-labour sentence for theft, three marriages and a torturous climb to literary acclaim. Exploring Gissing's friendships with the many authors of his day, including H.G Wells, Henry James and Virginia Woolf, Paul Delany gives us a fascinating portrait of this often overlooked writer.
Author: Paul Delany
Format: Hardback, 464 pages, 166mm x 240mm, 834 g
Published: 2008, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Literary
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George Gissing is ranked by some critics alongside Thomas Hardy and George Meredith as one of the three best novelists of his era, his books giving a wonderful insight into Victorian life. Gissing's life was as captivating as his fiction; encompassing early bereavement, poverty, a month's hard-labour sentence for theft, three marriages and a torturous climb to literary acclaim. Exploring Gissing's friendships with the many authors of his day, including H.G Wells, Henry James and Virginia Woolf, Paul Delany gives us a fascinating portrait of this often overlooked writer.
George Gissing: A Life