| New Grub Street Contributor(s): Hollybooks (Editor), George, Gissing (Author) |
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ISBN: 1539435938 ISBN-13: 9781539435938 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6" W x 9" (1.52 lbs) 522 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story is about the literary world of late-Victorian London that Gissing inhabited, and its title, New Grub Street, alludes to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with the "hack writing" that pervades Gissing's novel; Grub Street itself was no longer extant when Gissing was writing. The novel contrasts Edwin Reardon, a congenitally uncommercial but talented writer, against Jasper Milvain, a selfish and unscrupulous hack who rejects artistic endeavour for material gain. Milvain's trite, manipulative work ascends while Reardon's work--and his life--spiral downward. |