This volume contains four novels: 1. The Odd Women. This is an astonishing book: a subversive, feminist take on marriage and womenâs roles in society, written by a man in the 1890s. The criticism of Victorian marriage and Victorian men...
This volume contains three novels: Nether World - Gissing writes superbly, the effects of poverty and social oppression, are presented from first-hand knowledge. This novel presents the gruelling hardships of Victorian Londonâs working...
Friend to Henry James and H.G. Wells, and considered by some in a league with Thomas Hardy, British novelist GEORGE ROBERT GISSING (1857-1903) nevertheless remains uncelebrated today. But his works were popular and well-loved in his time.The Private Paper...