by George Gissing
Predictably, I didn’t love this book like I did The Odd Women, though once I got into it, I did enjoy it. And usually I avoid books about writers and writing, finding them too navel-gazing; despite that, and the fact that it is a 19th century novel (published 1891), I read half the book in a single ...
Predictably, I didn’t love this book like I did [b:The Odd Women|675037|The Odd Women|George Gissing|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1177017769s/675037.jpg|661046], though once I got into it, I did enjoy it. And usually I avoid books about writers and writing, finding them too navel-gazing; despite th...
I struggled with this book a little at first, especially when I had a hard time liking some of the main characters. Most of the men in the book were quite unpleasant or even despicable in some way, whereas the women seemed more interesting to me, as they struggled to be independent of and respected...
Librivox recordong in conjunction with Project GutenbergThe story deals with the literary world that Gissing himself had experienced. Its title refers to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synomynous with hack literature; as an institution, Grub Street itself no longer ...
Other thoughts/reviews:So Many Books: http://somanybooksblog.com/2013/06/14/new-grub-street/
“That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.”George Gissing was a young man on his way. He had impressive scores at the Oxford Local Examinations, and all was going well until he fell in lust with a young orphaned prostitute named Marianne Helen Harrison or Nell. ...
It's a truism to talk about how much the English 19th-century class system dominated and limited the lives of those who lived it, but few books have made me feel the effects as well as this one. It focuses on the lives of those whose position in the privileged part of society was not secure, and mak...
It's a great book, which is strange because so many of the characters are unlikeable. Then again, maybe that is why it is a great book because all the characters are human.Gissing paints a very good picture of the times, and several characters, in particular Jasper, feel as if they could just work ...
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