The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft |
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| Author:
| Gissing, George R. |
| Editor:
| Storey, Mark |
| Series title: | The ^AWorld's Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-281749-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1987 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the novel that George Gissing prized above everything else he wrote. Published in 1903, the year of Gissing's death, it crosses and re-crosses a precarious line between fiction and autobiography. For readers now, the novel's fascination lies in its portrait of a man coping with disillusionment and bitterness at literary failure, who in fact has produced a masterpiece that defies classification.
This is the novel that George Gissing prized above everything else he wrote. Published in 1903, the year of Gissing's death, it crosses and re-crosses a precarious line between fiction and autobiography. For readers now, the novel's fascination lies in its portrait of a man coping with disillusionment and bitterness at literary failure, who in fact has produced a masterpiece that defies classification.