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George Gissing - Paying Guest
George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism, which closely pictures the class struggles of the time. The Novel opens...
Nigel Boydell
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Dramatic Readings
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George Gissing - Paying Guest (version 2 dramatic reading)
Clarence and Emmeline Mumford are in for a real treat when they take in the young, outspoken Miss Louise Derrick as their guest. Shedding a light on class struggles in the Victorian era, The Paying Guest offers a look...
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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
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George Gissing - Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
This novel consists of selections from the diary of an author, starting soon after his retirement and continuing until just before his death. There is very little in the way of plot, but a great deal of quiet musing...
Peter Eastman
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Published 1900 onward
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George Gissing - House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced by George Eliot, whose work he greatly admired. Another of his famous works,...
Kirsten Wever
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Romance
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George Gissing - Our Friend The Charlatan
Dice Lashmore will do everything he can in in his quest to become rich. The key is, of course, finding a rich wife. This book describes his numerous courtships of women. It also describes the moral decline of a man...
Jim Locke
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Culture & Heritage Fiction
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George Gissing - Crown Of Life
So what is the crown of life? Follow the journey of Piers and Irene as they attempt to discover. It is both a coming of age novel and love story at the same time, one which would bring delight to philosophers with...
annie70
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Travel Fiction
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George Gissing - Emancipated
In Italy, everything is possible. Or, at least, much more than in the oppressive social order of the Victorian era. A group of British expatriats go to tour the country and do things they might live to either bless or...
Lynne T
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14 hours
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General Fiction
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George Gissing - Odd Women
George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century «Woman Question» by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. The novel raises these issues through the lives of several contrasting women: Mary Barfoot,...
Elizabeth Klett
14 hours
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General Fiction
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George Gissing - In the Year of Jubilee
The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Jubilee depicts the harsh and disreputable conditions of lower-middle class life at the end of the...
skoval
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Published 1800 -1900
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George Gissing - Unclassed
The Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. Both believe in social change but do not know how to bring it about. Both are...
Lynne T
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15 hours
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Romance
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George Gissing - Life's Morning
This is the story of a poor young lady Emily Hood who while working as a governess falls in love with Wilfrid Athel the son of her employer. They become engaged, however things do not run smoothly after a visit home...
shihping
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General Fiction
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George Gissing - Nether World
This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides this fact from everybody and spends money only on the things he really...
Elizabeth Klett
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18 hours
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