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  • In the Year of Jubilee
    George Gissing
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    25,67 €

  • The Novels of George Gissing, Volume Two (complete and unabridged) including, The Odd Women, Eve’s Ransom, The Paying Guest and Will Warburton
    George Gissing
    This volume contains four novels: 1. The Odd Women. This is an astonishing book: a subversive, feminist take on marriage and women’s roles in society, written by a man in the 1890s. The criticism of Victorian marriage and Victorian men runs deep within this excellent story. The characters are fascinating and believable, and the story will have you turning the pages as quickly a...
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    40,11 €

  • The Novels of George Gissing, Volume One (complete and unabridged) including, The Nether World, New Grub Street and Born in Exile
    George Gissing
    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 London’s working poor which test their character. The unrelenting struggle to obtain enough food and coal for themselves and their children wears down even the g...
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    66,14 €

  • Thyrza
    George Gissing
    First published in 1887, Gissing intended Thyrza to 'contain the very spirit of London working-class life'. His story tells of Walter Egremont, an Oxford-trained idealist who gives lectures on literature to workers, some of them from his father's Lambeth factory. Thyrza Trent, a young hat-trimmer, meets and falls in love with him, forsaking Gilbert Grail, an intelligent working...
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    20,82 €

  • Demos
    George Gissing
    Against the vivid background of the political and social upheavals of the mid-1880s, in 'Demos' Gissing weaves an electrifying story of ambition, betrayal, love and loss. The novel offers one of the most penetrating analyses of London's poor and working classes in late-Victorian fiction and delivers an unsettling critique of the English socialist movement at a pivotal point in ...
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    19,08 €

  • Veranilda
    George Gissing
    George Gissing was a late Victorian author. Between 1880 and 1903 Gissing wrote 23 novels. His early works were naturalistic and later he wrote in a realistic style. His works include New Grub Street, Born in Exile, The Odd Women, In the Year of Jubilee, and The Whirlpool. Veranilda is an historical romance about a Roman and a Goth. The novel deals with real people and his...
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    36,64 €

  • Workers in the Dawn
    George Gissing
    In this, his first published novel, George Gissing establishes the hallmarks of his life-long literary obsession with class, money and sex. Against the turbulent background of London in the late nineteenth century he explores the overwhelming obstacles that face men of education, intelligence and talent, who strive to escape from the artisan class into which they were born. T...
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    26,83 €

  • The Unclassed
    George Gissing
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    38,06 €

  • A Life’s Morning
    George Gissing
    George Gissing was a late Victorian author. Between 1880 and 1903 Gissing wrote 23 novels. His early works were naturalistic and later he wrote in a realistic style. His works include New Grub Street, Born in Exile, The Odd Women, In the Year of Jubilee, and The Whirlpool. Alfred Athel loves Greek. While attending Oxford he suffers a breakdown. An excerpt reads,' So Miss ...
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    39,78 €

  • Will Warburton
    George Gissing
    George Gissing was a late Victorian author. Between 1880 and 1903 Gissing wrote 23 novels. His early works were naturalistic and later he wrote in a realistic style. His works include New Grub Street, Born in Exile, The Odd Women, In the Year of Jubilee, and The Whirlpool. Will Warburton was Gissing’s last novel published three years after his death. Will was a young man w...
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    30,15 €

  • The House Of Cobwebs And Other Stories (1906)
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    37,49 €

  • The Odd Women
    George Gissing
    A novel of social realism, The Odd Women reflects the major sexual and cultural issues of the late nineteenth century. Set in a grimy, fog-ridden London, Gissing’s 'odd' women range from the idealistic, financially self-sufficient Mary Barfoot to the Madden sisters who struggle to subsist in low paying jobs and little chance for joy. Gissing portrays contemporary society’s blat...
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    16,94 €

  • In the Year of Jubilee
    George Gissing
    Between 1880 and 1903 George Gissing wrote 23 novels. His early works were naturalistic and later he wrote in a realistic style. Gissing is considered to be a late Victorian author. The year of the jubilee celebrated the 15th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign. For the young adults of London this was a year of experiencing adult society. Later they will face the consequ...
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    32,98 €

  • Thyrza
    George Gissing
    Between 1880 and 1903 George Gissing wrote 23 novels. His early works were naturalistic and later he wrote in a realistic style. Gissing it considered to be a late Victorian author. Gissing tells the story of the martyrdom of Thyrza Tennant. She is pregnant by Andy McAdam; who not only refuses to marry her, but also marries her sister Laura instead. Thyrza never reveals the...
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    48,41 €

  • The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
    George Gissing
    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 Papers of Henry Ryecroft, perhaps the most successful of his 23 novels, is Gissing’s semiautobiographical tale of the struggles of...
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    24,97 €

  • By the Ionian Sea
    George Gissing
    'By The Ionian Sea' is a 1901 work by George Gissing that contains notes and diary entries from his time spent travelling around Italy. Contents include: 'From Naples', 'Paola', 'The Grave Of Alaric', 'Taranto', 'Dulce Galaesi Flumen', 'The Table Of The Paladins', 'Cotrone', 'Faces By The Way', 'My Friend The Doctor', 'Children Of The Soil', 'The Mount Of Refuge', 'Catanzaro', ...
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    31,79 €

  • By the Ionian Sea
    George Gissing
    'By The Ionian Sea' is a 1901 work by George Gissing that contains notes and diary entries from his time spent travelling around Italy. Contents include: 'From Naples', 'Paola', 'The Grave Of Alaric', 'Taranto', 'Dulce Galaesi Flumen', 'The Table Of The Paladins', 'Cotrone', 'Faces By The Way', 'My Friend The Doctor', 'Children Of The Soil', 'The Mount Of Refuge', 'Catanzaro', ...
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    35,06 €

  • In The Year Of Jubliee
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    26,21 €

  • The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
    George Gissing / Gissing George Gissing
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    23,63 €

  • Born in Exile
    George Gissing / Gissing George Gissing
    Between 1880 and 1903 Gissing wrote 23 novels. His early works were naturalistic and later he wrote in a realistic style. Gissing it considered to be a late Victorian author. Godwin Peak leaves his home in the Midlands to become a journalist. He enters the free-thinking society of London. His background of poverty hinders his progression. He gets his big break with an art...
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    35,90 €

  • Eve’s Ransom (1895)
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    37,62 €

  • Human Odds And Ends
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    35,62 €

  • New Grub Street
    George Gissing
    'New Grub Street' is George Gissing’s 1891 novel set in the writing circles of London in the 1880s. A place that became synonymous with the writing of hack literature, Grub Street is a street in London, England and represents the setting of the novel. It is here that talented and cerebral novelist Edwin Reardon and the semi-scrupulous Jasper Milvain attempt to pursue success, l...
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    36,90 €

  • The Paying Guest
    George Gissing
    It was Mumford who saw the advertisement and made the suggestion. His wife gave him a startled look. ’But - you don’t mean that it’s necessary? Have we been extrav -’ ’No, no! Nothing of the kind. It just occurred to me that some such arrangement might be pleasant for you. You must feel lonely, now and then, during the day, and as we have plenty of room -’ ...
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    34,79 €

  • The Paying Guest
    George Gissing
    It was Mumford who saw the advertisement and made the suggestion. His wife gave him a startled look. ’But - you don’t mean that it’s necessary? Have we been extrav -’ ’No, no! Nothing of the kind. It just occurred to me that some such arrangement might be pleasant for you. You must feel lonely, now and then, during the day, and as we have plenty of room -’ ...
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    31,05 €

  • The Paying Guest
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    13,77 €

  • Born In Exile
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    34,11 €

  • The Private Papers Of Henry Ryecroft
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    17,45 €

  • The Town Traveller
    George Gissing
    The Town Traveller is a novel written by George Gissing, first published in 1898. The story is set in London and follows the life of a man named Arthur Golding, who is a successful businessman and a frequent traveler. Despite his financial success, Golding is unhappy and dissatisfied with his life. He longs for something more meaningful and fulfilling.As Golding travels around ...
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    32,09 €

  • The Whirlpool
    George Gissing
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    34,11 €


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