Author: George Gissing
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The distinctive qualities of Gissing at the time of his setting forth were a scholarly style, rather fastidious and academic in its restraint, and the personal discontent, slightly morbid, of a self-conscious student who finds himself in the position of a sensitive woman in a crowd. His attitude through life was that of a man who, having set out on his career with the understanding that a second-class ticket is to be provided, allows himself to be unceremoniously hustled into the rough and tumble of a noisy third. Circumstances made him revolt against an anonymous start in life for a refined and educated man under such conditions. They also made him prolific. He shrank from the restraints and humiliations to which the poor and shabbily dressed private tutor is exposed -- revealed to us with a persuasive terseness in the pages of "The Unclassed, New Grub Street, Ryecroft, and the story of "Topham's Chance. Writing fiction in a garret for a sum sufficient to keep body and soul together for the six months following payment was at any rate better than this. The result was a long series of highly finished novels, written in a style and from a point of view which will always render them dear to the studious and the book-centered. . . .
The House of Cobwebs
Author: George Gissing
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The distinctive qualities of Gissing at the time of his setting forth were a scholarly style, rather fastidious and academic in its restraint, and the personal discontent, slightly morbid, of a self-conscious student who finds himself in the position of a sensitive woman in a crowd. His attitude through life was that of a man who, having set out on his career with the understanding that a second-class ticket is to be provided, allows himself to be unceremoniously hustled into the rough and tumble of a noisy third. Circumstances made him revolt against an anonymous start in life for a refined and educated man under such conditions. They also made him prolific. He shrank from the restraints and humiliations to which the poor and shabbily dressed private tutor is exposed -- revealed to us with a persuasive terseness in the pages of "The Unclassed, New Grub Street, Ryecroft, and the story of "Topham's Chance. Writing fiction in a garret for a sum sufficient to keep body and soul together for the six months following payment was at any rate better than this. The result was a long series of highly finished novels, written in a style and from a point of view which will always render them dear to the studious and the book-centered. . . .
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The distinctive qualities of Gissing at the time of his setting forth were a scholarly style, rather fastidious and academic in its restraint, and the personal discontent, slightly morbid, of a self-conscious student who finds himself in the position of a sensitive woman in a crowd. His attitude through life was that of a man who, having set out on his career with the understanding that a second-class ticket is to be provided, allows himself to be unceremoniously hustled into the rough and tumble of a noisy third. Circumstances made him revolt against an anonymous start in life for a refined and educated man under such conditions. They also made him prolific. He shrank from the restraints and humiliations to which the poor and shabbily dressed private tutor is exposed -- revealed to us with a persuasive terseness in the pages of "The Unclassed, New Grub Street, Ryecroft, and the story of "Topham's Chance. Writing fiction in a garret for a sum sufficient to keep body and soul together for the six months following payment was at any rate better than this. The result was a long series of highly finished novels, written in a style and from a point of view which will always render them dear to the studious and the book-centered. . . .
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
Author: George Gissing
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories is a series of political tales focusing on such topics as white-collar poverty, class differences, and social ambitions. Excerpt: "In England, during the sixties and seventies of the last century the world of books was dominated by one Gargantuan type of fiction. The terms book and novel became almost synonymous in houses that were not Puritan, yet where books and reading, in the era of few and unfree libraries, were strictly circumscribed. George Gissing was no exception to this rule. The English novel was at the summit of its reputation during his boyish days."
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories is a series of political tales focusing on such topics as white-collar poverty, class differences, and social ambitions. Excerpt: "In England, during the sixties and seventies of the last century the world of books was dominated by one Gargantuan type of fiction. The terms book and novel became almost synonymous in houses that were not Puritan, yet where books and reading, in the era of few and unfree libraries, were strictly circumscribed. George Gissing was no exception to this rule. The English novel was at the summit of its reputation during his boyish days."
The House of Cobwebs, and Other Stories
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
Author: George Gissing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781414295862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781414295862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The House of Cobwebs
Author: George Gissing
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
HOUSE OF COBWEBS
Author: GEORGE. GISSING
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033969953
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033969953
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
Author: George R. Gissing
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984046383
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984046383
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
The House of Cobwebs, and Other Stories. Prefixed The Work of George Gissing, an Introductory Survey
The House of Cobwebs
Author: George Gissing
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
Author: George George Gissing
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986940498
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Contents The work of George Gissing: An introductory survey -- The house of cobwebs -- A capitalist -- Christopherson -- Humplebee -- The scrupulous father -- A poor gentleman -- Miss Rodney's leisure -- A charming family -- A daughter of the lodge -- The riding-whip -- Fate and the apothecary -- Topham's chance -- A lodger in maze pond -- The salt of the earth -- The pig and whistle.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986940498
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Contents The work of George Gissing: An introductory survey -- The house of cobwebs -- A capitalist -- Christopherson -- Humplebee -- The scrupulous father -- A poor gentleman -- Miss Rodney's leisure -- A charming family -- A daughter of the lodge -- The riding-whip -- Fate and the apothecary -- Topham's chance -- A lodger in maze pond -- The salt of the earth -- The pig and whistle.