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George Robert Gissing (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ s ɪ ŋ /; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been recognised as a literary genius.
- George Robert Gissing, 22 November 1857, Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK
Mar 6, 2024 · Charles Dickens. George Gissing (born November 22, 1857, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England—died December 28, 1903, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) was an English novelist, noted for the unflinching realism of his novels about the lower middle class. Gissing was educated at Owens College, Manchester, where his academic career was brilliant until he was ...
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Judy Stove. On the author, 1857–1903. eorge Orwell, who was born in 1903, the year of George Gissing’s death, noted that most of Gissing’s works were already, by the 1940s, out of print and virtually unobtainable. He admired Gissings’ writing greatly. Orwell had read only a few of the novels, but “merely on the strength of New Grub ...
Jun 8, 2018 · GISSING, GEORGE. GISSING, GEORGE (1857–1903), British novelist and man of letters.. George Robert Gissing was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1857. A brilliant classics student, he seemed destined for an academic career but his prospects were ruined when, at the age of eighteen, he was imprisoned for stealing money to support a young prostitute whom he later married.
Sep 9, 2011 · Lo, The Heroic Life of George Gissing has arrived, or at least the first part, and it comes with a startling new angle on its subject. The one thing we all know about Gissing is that he was a deep ...
Learn about the life and works of George Gissing (1857–1903), a British novelist who wrote about the working class, the Woman Question, and the middle class. Find reference entries, works, and related items in Oxford Reference and other sources.
Mar 1, 2014 · George Gissing's portrayal of the hard facts of a literary life remains as relevant today as it was in the late 19th century, writes Robert McCrum. Published: 31 Mar 2014 .
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