Review
?The most impressive of Gissing?s books . . . England has produced very few better novelists.? ?George Orwell
New Grub Street FROM THE PUBLISHER
New Grub Street portrays the intrigues and hardships of the publishing world in late Victorian England. In a materialistic, class-conscious society that rewards commercial savvy over artistic achievement, authors and scholars struggle to earn a living without compromising their standards. "Even as the novel chills us with its still-recognizable portrayal of the crass and vulgar world of literary endeavor," writes Francine Prose in her Introduction, "its very existence provides eloquent, encouraging proof of the fact that a powerful, honest writer can transcend the constraints of commerce."
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1891 first edition.
SYNOPSIS
Through a struggling novelist and his friends on Grub Street, a journalist and an embittered critic, Gissing brings to life the literary climate of 1880's London.
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